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SBUX - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
| Business
Filed under: Consumer experience , Rants and raves , Competitive strategy , Starbucks (SBUX) I hemmed and hawed when I saw Jennifer Openshaw's piece on MarketWatch a few weeks ago; her opinion was that Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ) would recover much of its lost value in these past several months of sluggish sales, rising milk costs and slipping coolness, no matter what the naysayers, say. Her argument:...
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Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
In New York, Empire State Ethanol and Energy filed suit in federal court against ethanol consultancy BBI International, seeking $72 million in damages. The suit alleges that BBI executives , while consultants to Empire, evaluated a Port of Albany site for a corn ethanol plant, resigned the Empire account, formed Albany Renewable Energy and secured [...]
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Wallstrip (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Blockbuster (BBI) buying Circuit City (CC)? Shrug.
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Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Smoke and Mirrors by Pallavi Aiyar Pallavi Aiyar is been the Beijing correspondent for Indian newspaper The Hindu, and has been living in Beijing since 2002. Harper Collins India recently published her book about about her experiences called Smoke and Mirrors. You can buy the book online here (and also on Amazon.com starting September). There is a review of the book in the International Herald Tribune,...
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Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
| Entertainment
Eddie Murphy will reportedly skip the Los Angeles premiere of his latest flick Meet Dave tonight. The actor is said to be working on another project in Los Angeles and plans to be on the set of the Dreamworks film A Thousand Words. Very seldom do we hear that the principal in a movie [...]
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News On Women (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) appointed Rebeca Johnson its Chief Marketing Officer. Rebeca had been the Chief Marketing and Global Branding Officer at Brinker International. Read more about it in the Company press release. Image from unt.edu.
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YHOO - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Filed under: Deals , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Motorola (MOT) , Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI) Here is a novel idea. Big Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO ) shareholder Legg Mason thinks more investors would support Carl Icahn's effort to control the portal company if the raider will not sell out to Microsoft or anyone else for under $33. At $32.99 it's no deal. Legg Mason's Bill Miller told Reuters, "The...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is seeing a surge in early trading ahead of a long weekend. The company realized that the buyout interest of wanting to own... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
DALLAS, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI,
BBI.B) announced the appointment of Rebeca "Becky" Johnson as Chief
Marketing Officer. In her new role, she will have responsibility for the
Company's overall branding and marketing efforts.
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"Becky is a seasoned veteran with more than 25 years of experience in
retailing and consumer package goods," said Jim Keyes, Blockbuster...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
GM (GM) falls as issue of Chapter 11 is raised. Drops to $10 from 52-week high of $43.20. Circuit City (CC) drops as Blockbuster (BBI) withdraws bid. Plummets... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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SBUX - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Starbucks (SBUX) , Ford Motor (F) , General Motors (GM) , Motorola (MOT) , Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) , Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Sprint Nextel Corp (S) , Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI) , Money and Finance Today , Bank of America (BAC) , Circuit City Stores (CC) , Palm Inc (PALM) , UAL Corp (UAUA) , Crocs Inc (CROX) , Qwest Communications Intl...
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SBUX - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Filed under: Before the bell , Earnings reports , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Time Warner (TWX) , Starbucks (SBUX) , Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI) , Circuit City Stores (CC) , Economic data , Oil U.S. stock futures were higher Wednesday morning, as Wall Street could try to having yet another positive session. While Starbucks news of store closing and reports Microsoft may still be interested in...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
DALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI,
BBI.B) announced today that it has decided to withdraw its proposal to
acquire Circuit City.
"Based on market conditions and the completion of our initial due
diligence process, we have determined that it is not in the best interest
of Blockbuster's shareholders to proceed with an acquisition of Circuit
City," said Jim Keyes, Blockbuster...
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SBWire Press Releases (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/03/2008 -- WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: WWAT), UCBH Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: UCBH), Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTI), XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: XMSR), Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI), Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: IDEV), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) “WorldWater & Solar Technologies...
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Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
In Illinois, Nova Biosource Fuels said that it will expand capacity of its Senaca plant from 40 MGy to 60 Mgy with the installation of the third and final biodiesel production train. The plant, which opened earlier this year at 20 Mgy capacity, has produced 5 Mgy of fuel this year and will undergo a [...]
