* Cash and stock deal values Marvel at $50/shr * Deal at 29 pct premium to Marvel closing price * Disney gains access to library of 5,000 characters * Marvel shares jump above $48 in...
SYDNEY, Aug 4 - Australian broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd <TEN.AX> plans to raise A$138 million ($116 million) with a share sale priced at an 8.4 percent discount to help cut debt, it said on...
* Dubai to set forward crude OSP at differential to DME Oman * Move could improve transparency, increase trade volume * Could attract more Mideast producers to the exchange (Adds details throughout, quotes, traders' reaction)...
LONDON, May 20 - U.S. Internet search engine operator Google <GOOG.O> has decided against acquiring a newspaper, the Financial Times reported, citing the company's chief executive and chairman, Eric Schmidt. Google had considered buying a...
* Q1 EPS ex-items 40 cents vs Wall Street view 34 cents * Q1 revenue $3.12 bln vs Wall Street view $3.17 bln * Reaffirms outlook for 2009 revenue growth * CEO: can't call market...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 - New Straits Times Press Bhd OSK downgrades call on NSTP <NSTP.KL> to sell from neutral given the 19 percent rise in its share price over the past month, surpassing the...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 - When Malaysia's new prime minister took office this month, he freed two political detainees and signalled a willingness to accept wider media freedoms. Since then, however, critics say it has...
* FT CEO says winning market share, but little visibility * Online subscription revenue up 20 percent in February * Does not rule out further price increases LONDON, March 27 - The Financial Times is...
SYDNEY, March 17 - Debt-laden Canadian media group CanWest <CGS.TO> is looking to raise about A$390 million ($258 million) by selling its 56.6 percent stake in Australian broadcaster Ten Network <TEN.AX>, a newspaper said on...
NEW YORK, March 10 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has told employees they might lose their jobs as soon as next week after a deadline for Hearst Corp to sell the newspaper passed on Monday. Hearst,...