2014年8月25日 星期一

2014-08-26 U.S. Business

  Christian Science Monitor   
With Twitch acquisition, is Amazon taking on YouTube? (+video)  Christian Science Monitor
Amazon announced Monday that it had acquired video game streaming service Twitch for nearly $1 billion. By Jacob Axelrad, Staff Writer August 25, 2014. close. Amazon is currently involved in disputes with publishers Hachette and Bonnier Group.
Amazon gains valuable entertainment asset with purchase of Twitch   Los Angeles Times
Amazon acquires Twitch, but do people really want to watch others play games ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Amazon Explains Why It Just Paid Nearly $1 Billion for Twitch   TIME
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  Reuters   
India Morning Call-Global Markets  Reuters India
EQUITIES. NEW YORK - The S&P 500 was unable to hold the 2,000 mark after moving above the milestone level for the first time on Monday, but still managed to close at a record high, buoyed by financials and biotechnology stocks. The significance of the ...

Investors look for more gains as US S&P 500 index hits 2000 milestone   Reuters
S&P 500 breaks 2000 for first time   Bristol Press
S&P 500 sets record high but fails to hold 2000 mark   Moneycontrol.com
Washington Post   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Burger King-Tim Hortons deal: 5 questions answered  Christian Science Monitor
Burger King is in talks to merge with Tim Hortons and move its tax residency to Canada, thus avoiding US taxes. Tax inversion has become popular with US companies and could have serious ramifications for the US economy.
Buffett to Help Finance Burger King Deal, WSJ Reports   Businessweek
Warren Buffett to Invest in Burger King's Planned Deal for Tim Hortons   Wall Street Journal
Heating up: Burger King is latest in M&A frenzy   CNNMoney
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  Reuters   
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares firm, euro languishes on ECB easing hopes  Reuters
... * Ex-Japan Asia MSCI up 0.1 pct, Nikkei down 0.4 pct. * ECB easing expectations boost risk asset prices. * European shares rally, euro hits 1-year low. By Hideyuki Sano. TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Asian shares inched higher on Tuesday as investors ...

Yen Gains First Time in Seven Days; Euro Touches 11-Month Low   Bloomberg
Central banks to lawmakers: You try growing this economy   New Zealand Herald
Government borrowing costs plunge as investors bank on QE   Irish Independent
Irish Examiner   
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  Boston Globe   
Fight for Market Basket continues  The Salem News
Market Basket employees, customers and owners all faced another day of waiting, many on edge, for a final deal to be struck selling the company to ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. Demoulas, two governors and countless employees went into last weekend ...

Market Basket crisis hits disabled workers hard   Boston Globe
No deal signed on Market Basket   iStreet Research
Market Basket: Still No Deal   NECN
Boston.com   
Exeter News-Letter   
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  Reuters India   
Activist investor pushes apparel retailer Ann Inc for sale  Reuters India
(Reuters) - An activist investor urged women's apparel retailer Ann Inc (ANN.N) to sell itself, failing which each of the company's board members should buy back stock as a "sign of confidence". Shares of the company, which owns the Ann Taylor and Loft ...

Why Ann (ANN) Stock Is Gaining This Morning   TheStreet.com
Ann Inc. under pressure from investors to sell business   Retail Dive

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  Sky News Australia   
Alcoa to close costly Italian plant  Sky News Australia
US aluminium giant Alcoa says it'll permanently close a smelter in Italy as it seeks to lower production costs around the world. The company had curtailed activity at the Portovesme smelter on the Italian island of Sardinia in 2012 due to its high operating costs ...


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  Reuters   
Turner axing 550 cable staffers to free up cash  New York Post
Turner's cost-cutting is expected to hit Jeff Zucker and his CNN news team especially hard. Photo: WireImage. Turner boss John Martin is lowering the boom. The CEO of Time Warner's cable-network division, which includes TNT, TBS and CNN, plans to shed ...

Reports: Time Warner Mulls Layoffs At Turner Unit, To Offer Up To 600 Buyouts   NASDAQ
Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting to offer buyouts   MarketWatch
Time Warner to cut more than 500 senior employees   Financial Times
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  MiamiHerald.com   
US sales of newly built homes down 2.4 percent in July; lowest in four months  Gant Daily
Washington, DC, United States (4E) – Sales of new homes dropped to its four-month low in July, an indication that the U.S. real estate sector has lost its momentum to help the economy grow faster. New single-family houses saw their sales fall 2.4 percent in ...

Sales of New Homes Fall, but Supply Is Growing   New York Times
Monthly Decline Continues for New Home Sales   DSNews.com
2014's new home market is 'running in place'   USA TODAY
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  Reuters   
Disney seeks drone-related air show patents  Reuters
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has filed for three drone-related patents that it says could lead to an era of aerial movie screens and larger-than-life puppets flying through the sky. The company's Disney Enterprises Inc subsidiary suggests its ...


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