[PR Newswire] - The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education and the National Science Teachers Association today announced the kick-off of the third annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, a program that educates, empowers and engages students and teachers nationwide to become "Agents of Change" in identifying and solving environmental problems.
[AP] - Shares of Discovery Communications Inc. dipped more than 2 percent Tuesday after Caris & Co. downgraded the stock to "Average" from "Above Average" because the stock has climbed roughly 23 percent since early this year.
[AP] - Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters.
[AP] - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said.
Students Nationwide Invited to Tackle Environmental Issues as the Third Annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Kicks Off- Nation's Premier Sustainability Challenge Opens to High School 2010 09 08 10:33
The week though still young has already brought redemption for a public figure recently engulfed in accusations of sexual shenanigans. But enough about Tiger Woods. Mark Hurd who resigned from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) in August amid allegations of improprieties in his private life yesterday found new employment at Oracle (ORCL). That and a not unrelated upgrade out of Goldman Sachs is sending its shares surging over 5% to top all S&P 500 advancers. Goldman?s Sarah Friar says Hurd?s hiring is a ?positive near-term catalyst to get the shares moving.? Thus last 2010 09 07 16:31
'Burger King,' 'Discovery,' 'Allergan,' 'Xbox live,' 'Mortgage modification' and 'wind energy' are the trending topics on Google and Yahoo. 2010 09 01 15:04
A few months ago I swapped all Northlake client holdings in Discovery Communications (DISCK) voting shares (DISCA) into Discovery Communications non-voting shares. At the time the voting shares were trading at a $4.23 premium to the non-voting shares. Last week, the spread ballooned to almost $7 when it was announced that DISCA would enter the Russell 3000 and DISCK would leave the Russell 3000. Over the past several days, however, the spread has narrowed rapidly to...
Anyone familiar with the name should be well aware of the multiple classes and the variables involved with each name. Discovery Communications has 3 classes of stock, DISCA, DISCB, and DISCK, where the DISCA...
(This post is part of our series on tracking hedge fund portfolios. If you're unfamiliar with tracking investments they disclose via SEC filings, check out our series preface on hedge fund filings.)
Next up is Chris Shumway's hedge fund Shumway Capital Partners. Prior to founding his firm, Shumway was previously one of Julian Robertson's right-hand men at legendary hedge fund Tiger Management. As such, he joins the other successful Tiger Cubs and is included in the Tiger Cub portfolio created with Alphaclone for hedge fund replication. Shumway Capital...
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR) – Investors piled into near-term in- and out-of-the-money call options on the maker of solar wafers in the first hours of the trading session as shares rallied 4.7% to touch an intraday high of $11.08. Shares tapered off slightly in morning trading to stand 3.5% higher on the day at $10.95 just before 10:45 am (ET). Call coveters picked up 1,200 deep in-the-money contracts at the June $9.0 strike for an average premium of...
(This post is part of our series on tracking hedge fund portfolios. If you're unfamiliar with tracking investments they disclose via SEC filings, check out our series preface on hedge fund filings.)
Next up is Stephen Mandel's hedge fund Lone Pine Capital. Mandel's firm is named after a historical lone pine tree at his alma mater, Dartmouth College. Before founding his own firm, Mandel worked at Julian Robertson's legendary Tiger Management and he seeks to identify companies...
One of the oddities in specializing in media stocks is that most all of the companies report quarterly earnings within a tight two week window including the last week of the first month of the new quarter and the first week of the second month. This quarter media earnings season overlapped with two trips to NY related to my son's graduation from NYU. The busy schedule kept me from providing the usual in depth earnings analysis of Northlake's holdings in Virgin Media (VMED), DirecTV (
What's a TV viewer worth these days of intense media fragmentation? More than you think -- and even more in the future.
Retransmission and affiliate fees, mostly set by TV ratings, are keeping revenues per viewer high, despite the fact that recovering ad spending remains well below historic levels. The growth of these fees is especially nudging television toward a digital future of more diverse income and rescuing broadcasters from financial crisis.
The $25 billion in cable affiliate fees paid in 2009 was double national broadcast advertising revenues and outpaced cable...
Discovery Communications (DISCA), which owns over 100 television networks in 35 languages, has soared ever higher since being added to the S&P 500 about a month and a half ago. The stock has touched another all-time high price as of Wednesday morning on continued positive momentum. However, as you can see from our historical ratings chart, we continue to view DISCA as Undervalued at the current price level. According to our...
Stocks discussed on lightning round session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday April 20.
Bullish Calls:
Apple (AAPL): "I do not think that you can beat Apple… I do not think that anyone can beat Apple… I am dedicating the whole Lightning Round to Apple… I think Apple, well maybe a little to Altera, no, to Apple… I think that you should stick with Apple."
The state of Maryland is centrally located in the mid Atlantic region, close to the Nation’s capital and some of the most populated areas of the United States. Its economy has grown to include the aerospace and defense sector which is made up of 2,600 companies and pays an average salary of $93,000. Other interesting facts about Maryland follow:
1. Agriculture is Maryland’s largest economic activity, employing a total of 350,000 people. 2. Broiler chicken accounted for 40% of Maryland’s total agricultural cash flows. 3. The High-Tech industry...
Discovery Communications, Inc. (DISCA) [Chart - Analysis - News] lost some ground during trading yesterday, but it appears there is some bullish pressure building up in the background. Looking at ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Broadcasting industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for ...
By Yinka Adegoke NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Discovery Communications (DISCA.O) and toy maker Hasbro Inc (HAS.N) said on Wednesday their new joint-venture cable network The Hub, to launch next ...
New York, September 8th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Discovery Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISCA) closed the trading day at $39.18 close to its 50 day moving average currently set at $37.30 ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Broadcasting industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for ...
By Jeremy Arias | Staff Writer Walt Rave protests outside the Discovery Communications building in downtown Silver Spring a week after James Lee, 42, was shot and killed during a hostage crisis ...
Caris & Company gave the CATV Systems industry some bad news as it announced a downgrade on one of its stocks. Discovery Communications, Inc. (DISCA) [Chart - Analysis - News] was downgraded from ...
Pres. & CEO, DNI of DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC (DISCA) Mark G Hollinger sells 77,213 shares of DISCA on 09/02/2010 at an average price of $39.15 a share. Discovery Communications, Inc has a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Shares of Discovery Communications Inc. dipped more than 2 percent Tuesday after Caris & Co. downgraded the stock to "Average" from "Above Average" because the stock has climbed ...
Below are the top 10 best-rated Broadcasting stocks, based on the number of positive ratings by brokerage analysts. Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) is the 1st best-rated stock in this segment of ...
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