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Recode: Tidal Has 'Much Less Less To Offer' Apple Than Beats Did
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 10:28am | 413Read More...The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is engaged in talks to acquire Jay Z's streaming music platform, Tidal. The report was also confirmed by Recode, which took a deep dive into a potential acquisition and what it would mean for the entire streaming music space. Related...
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What Assets Is Yahoo Looking To Sell?
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 1:41pm | 287Read More...Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is actively looking for buyers to acquire its Internet properties. But, which of its many Internet properties are for sale? All of them? Some of them? Recode's Kara Swisher attempted to answer this difficult question that continues to confuse investors. Swisher pointed...
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What Apple Hopes To Get Out Of Its Didi Chuxing Investment
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 10:52am | 267Read More...Was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) $1 billion investment in China-based Didi Chuxing politically motivated? If so, what can Apple stand to gain from its investment? These are some of the questions that Recode's Edmund Lee answered as a guest on CNBC. Lee started off by noting the Chinese...
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Microsoft's Potential Interest In Helping Finance A Yahoo Deal Fails To Assure Investors
Monday, March 28, 2016 - 10:43am | 205Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) executives recently met with private equity firms to discuss a potential buyout of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). Re/code, citing "numerous sources," added that Microsoft may be willing to "lend significant financing" to their efforts. In...
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ESPN Standalone Offering Not Coming Anytime Soon
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 1:16pm | 368Read More...Correction: A previous version of this article stated Skipper said a standalone ESPN product was not "a good business." Skipper said a standalone ESPN could be sold, but said the company didn't believe it was "good business" at the moment. Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ESPN channel could...
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Happy Christmas: The Beatles Are Coming To Streaming Music Services…For Free
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 9:34am | 227Read More...Beatles fans are rejoicing Wednesday morning as one of the most iconic music groups in history will make their music available to streaming music services. According to thebeatles.com, The Beatle's music will be available for streaming worldwide as of 12:01 a.m. local time on December 24...
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Virtual Realty Could Increase Tenfold By 2020
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 2:37pm | 316Read More...Once only sci-fi fueled dream, the virtual reality market is becoming an industry with high valuations. According to market researcher TrendForce, the total value of the virtual reality market may increase 10x from next year’s estimate of $6.7 billion to $70 billion in 2020. Facebook And...
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Re/code Sees Video On Facebook As 'Really Big'
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 6:12pm | 211Read More...Re/code’s Peter Kafka noted Wednesday that video on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is "really big." According to the report, "Facebook users have been posting video more frequently over the last year. Video posts per user are up 75 percent around the world, and 94 percent in the...
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Yahoo! Cable Acquisition Rumors Denied
Friday, January 2, 2015 - 2:05pm | 202Read More...Following rumors that Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) was interested in acquiring Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: SNI), Variety reported Friday that no discussions had taken place between the companies. According to Todd Spangler of Variety, “while Yahoo mulled buying Food or...
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2015 Acquisitions: Alibaba Buys eBay?
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 - 3:30pm | 295Read More...Re/code recently speculated that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) could buy eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) in 2015. Jason Del Ray noted that "Alibaba has no legitimate consumer presence in the U.S., which eBay would help with, and the two marketplaces could combine to challenge...
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Sony To Name North Korea As Source Of Hacking Attack
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 4:23pm | 283Read More...Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) will name North Korea as the source of a recent hacking attack launched against its corporate network, according to recode.net. According to the report, “the attack forced employees of the movie studio to shut down computers and work with pen and paper. Later,...
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Groupon Drops 3% Amid Departure Of Product Development Leader
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 12:18pm | 146Read More...Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) fell more than 3 percent Wednesday on news that its head of product development left the company after two months on the job. Recode.net reported that Parker Barrile left Groupon to handle a personal matter. Barrile reported to CEO Eric Lefkofksy and led global...
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Markets Marginally Lower Ahead Of Earnings Season
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 4:37pm | 1929Read More...U.S. stocks were slightly lower as investors digested a report by Goldman Sachs speculating that the Fed Funds rate may be increased in the third quarter of 2015, earlier than expected. Earnings season unofficially kicks off this week with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reporting on Tuesday. Many Dow...
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What Is T-Mobile Doing With ETFs?
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 3:31pm | 671Read More...T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) sees ETFs as key to its future. Sprint (NYSE: S) and parent Softbank Corp., hoping to merge with the company sooner rather than later, has to decide how it will deal with them. ETFs, in this situation standing for “Early Termination Fees,” are the meat...
