TWTR
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Freelance Journalist Sends Twitter Stock
Soaring -10/25/16 at
6:54 PM CDTby Peter
York
Ben Harrington of M&A finance blog,
Betaville, has a few followers on Twitter. So he used Twitter this
afternoon to put out what he calls, a "RARE Alert." He claims to
have knowledge of an impending acqusition of Twitter by the Walt
Disney (DIS) Company. Disney was reportedly interested in Twitter
but backed away earlier this month, according to other...
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TTWO ATVI
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Take Two and Video Game Makers Report With New Financial
Measures -08/04/16 at
4:47 PM CDTby Perry Rod
Take Two Interactive, Inc. reported earnings
that at first glance looked unusually strong, guiding a full year
earnings-per-share outlook of $2.00 to $2.25 versus a prior outlook
of about half of those numbers. Even analysts were confused with
several asking for help on how to compare the earnings and revenues
numbers to prior numbers and outlook. The vid...
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GOOG JCP
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YouTube Ad Guy Tai Lopez Caught Lying, Possibly Exposed As Scam
Artist -10/20/15 at
5:07 PM CDTby Perry Rod
A new YouTube advertisement by self-help
marketer Tai Lopez entitled "Here in My Backyard" appears to
display a home that is likely not owned by Mr. Lopez. The ad is a
follow up to a now famous and parodied advertisement, "Here in My
Garage", where Lopez shows expensive cars he claims to own and
offers to help others achieve wealth. A video by h3h3Product...
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ATML
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Traders Bid Down Atmel While Company Takes
Offers -08/14/15 at
2:02 PM CDTby Perry Rod
Today's trading in Atmel (NASDAQ:ATML) appears
to be a case of impatient and distracted investment managers in a
soft market abandoning a perfectly logical expected buyout
scenario. Merger and arbitrage investors pushed up Atmel to a high
of $10.50 on June 22 and have since abandoned their support for the
stock, allowing an unusual opportunity for investo...
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TTWO GME
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Are We Wrong on GME? -05/29/15 at 12:19 PM CDTby breinejm
Reading earnings news on Gamestop Inc. (GME), I
am, for the first time, questioning if we are right with GME. I
know digital is increasing, but they are getting some of that pie.
The customers are extremely loyal and buy DLC (cards) through them.
Their Apple product sales are increasing as Apple is increasing
their product offerings. Combined with this be...
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TTWO
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Take Two Analysts Weigh In on Latest Earnings
Report -05/19/15 at
7:03 AM CDTby Perry Rod
Take Two Interactive reported stronger than
expected results for the final quarter of their fiscal year and
issued better than expected numbers for the first quarter of their
fiscal year. However, their guidance for the full year of .75-$1.00
was below consensus of $1.29. Their revenue guidance was also below
consensus. Credit Suisse analysts reduced thei...
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BAC
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Watch Out For the Real Inflation Rate of Seven
Percent -09/17/14 at
8:02 PM CDTby Perry Rod
Today, the United States Federal Reserve decided
to continue its strategy of aggressive money printing, now in its
sixth year after the market meltdown. The government today notes
that inflation is low and under control. But here's the fundamental
economic reality: The value of cash has been going down by an
average of about seven percent per year. Compo...
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TTWO
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Are Executives At Rockstar Getting Half The Profits At Take Two
Inter... -12/16/13 at
12:45 PM CSTby Perry
Rod
In 2008, after the successful launch of their
hit title, Grand Theft Auto 4, Take-Two (TTWO) Interactive's (TTWO)
CEO Strauss Zelnick said that they had secured an employment
agreement with key Rockstar talent. The deal was an incentive
program "primarily based on a profit sharing arrangement." At the
time, there were reports that CEO Robert Kotick of Act...
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NYX
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New Top Income Tax Rates of 43.4% and 50.9%
-01/02/13 at 5:45 AM
CSTby Perry Rod
2013 brings on a new top tax rate for those
whose income is above $400,000. Ordinary income above that
rate is taxed at 39.6%. However, so-called "unearned income",
consisting primarily of short-term capital gains, will include an
extra 3.8% tax from The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
otherwise known as Obamacare. The 3.8% t...
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TTWO
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NBA Lockout May Prove Damaging to Take Two Interactive Bottom
Line -10/10/11 at 8:07
AM CDTby Perry Rod
While Take Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) CEO
Strauss Zelnick reiterated on his company’s last conference
call that the implications of an NBA lockout were unknown and would
not affect company guidance for their related NBA title, NBA 2K12
has quietly hit the market this week. The only problem is it
has been a little too quiet with sales appear...
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DRYS
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DryShips Inc Loses Goldman Sachs Coverage, Stock
Collapses -09/22/11 at
5:20 PM CDTby Peter
York
DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) fell over 9% today in
response to a report that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has dropped its
coverage of the company. Analyst Scott Melet is leaving the
company and has not been replaced, leaving Dryships and other
tanker and bulker owner stocks without a sell side analyst from
Goldman. DryShips has eight other analysts ...
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ATVI
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When Activision's Director Sells, Investors Should Pay
Attention -09/18/11 at
6:30 AM CDTby Perry Rod
Brian Kelly, Activision Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ATVI)
Co-Chairman, sold about 1.6 million worth of Activision stock from
exercised options last week. This was reported in a filing to
the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday after regular
trading. Kelly's timing for stock sales has been impressive and
even slightly better than well known CEO Robert ...
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