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DirecTV profit increases 8.5%
DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite-TV provider, reported an 8.5 percent increase in first-quarter profit as it focused on retaining U.S. customers rather than adding news ones.
Net income rose to $731 million, or $1.07 a share, from $674 million, or...Tags: Companies and Corporations, NFL Sunday Ticket (tv network), DirecTV Group Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Herbalife shares fall on fund manager's queries
You would think a better-than-expected 22% profit jump might convince investors that nutritional-supplement purveyor Herbalife Ltd. is still on a solid global growth track. Not when Greenlight Capital hedge fund manager David Einhorn drops in on the L.A....
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Herbalife Limited, Health, Stock Market, Prices
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Jakks Pacific to talk with Oaktree Capital about new bid
A long-running takeover bid for Malibu toy maker Jakks Pacific Inc. took a turn toward conciliation with the Los Angeles investment management firm that wants to buy it.
After fending off an unsolicited takeover bid from Oaktree Capital Management, Jakks...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Toys, Toy Industry, Services and Shopping, Finance
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U.S. watchdog doubts TARP will turn a profit for taxpayers
WASHINGTON — The government's watchdog for the $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program disputed suggestions the bailout fund would turn a profit for taxpayers and warned that many small banks are still struggling to repay.
"It is a widely held...Tags: Chrysler Group LLC, General Motors Corp., Federal Reserve, Finance, Mortgages
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Money Minute: Apple could use its cash more creatively [Video]
Apple says it will spend some of its nearly $100 billion in ready cash on a quarterly dividend and a three-year stock buyback program. The dividend is probably a good idea -- investors have been thirsting for a bigger taste of the company's success....
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Tim Cook
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The iDividend: Apple news highlights the importance of dividends
It wasn’t as breathlessly awaited as the latest iPad or iPhone, and money managers didn’t camp outside Apple Inc.’s investor relations department in sleeping bags.
But investors may come to appreciate the iDividend as much as they do...Tags: Prices, Companies and Corporations, Apple iPad, Finance, Computer Hardware
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What Apple should have done with the $100 billion
Faced with a surplus of roughly $100 billion in cash, Apple Inc. announced this week that it will use the money to pay investors a quarterly dividend and embark on a three-year stock buyback program.
Bo-ring! The choice, which represents a departure from...Tags: NASA, Networking, Nokia Corp., Steve Jobs, Kony 2012 (movie)
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Stocks end worst week of the year
The stock market hit its first rough patch of 2012, closing out its worst week of the year with a sharp decline. Professional investors struggled to determine whether the market's recent bout of weakness was nearing an end or signaling a larger slump....Tags: Banking, Spain, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Freddie Mac, Loans
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U.S. likely to make a profit on bailouts, Treasury says
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration probably will make a profit on all the bailout money spent to prop up banks and other companies, as well as struggling homeowners, devastated by the Great Recession, according to the latest federal projections....Tags: Republican Party, Chrysler Group LLC, Companies and Corporations, Federal Reserve, Mitt Romney
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SEC accuses Stiefel Laboratories of defrauding employee shareholders
Money & CompanyThe Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Stiefel Laboratories, a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline, and the subsidiary’s former chief executive of defrauding employees and other shareholders by buying back the company’s private stock... -
Amgen buys drug developer Micromet for $1.16 billion
Biotech giant Amgen is hoping to bolster its cancer drug pipeline by buying fellow drug developer Micromet Inc. for $1.16 billion.
At $11 a share, with an Amgen subsidiary buying the majority of Micromet’s stock and then the Amgen parent company...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Leukemia, Medical Procedures and Tests, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Amgen Inc.
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His stock is cheap, so Warren Buffett will buy it
Money & CompanyBerkshire Hathaway Inc. announced that it will buy back stock simply because Buffett thinks it’s cheap....
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