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GE To Buy $345 Million In Ads From NBC Universal
AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 12.07.2009 | Media
PHILADELPHIA — General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a ...
Comcast, NBC Deal: Comcast To Buy Controlling Stake In NBC Universal For $13.75 Billion
AP | DEBORAH YAO and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media
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PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point...
Comcast, NBC Deal To Face Tough Antitrust Review
AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media
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WASHINGTON — Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for contr...
Comcast's NBC Deal Price: $13.75 Billion
AP | DEBORAH YAO and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media
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PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Co., Th...
FDA May Tighten Rules On Omniscan, A GE MRI Drug
BusinessWeek / ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing further regulation of three drugs used to create high-contrast images on MRI scans, based on a new a...
GE, Comcast Deal For NBC Universal Is Complete, Reports CNBC
Posted 12.01.2009 | Business
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The deal between General Electric and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and there is nothing left to do but process paper, a...
Mega-Media Era Begins: GE/Vivendi Deal Clears Way for Comcast/NBC Merger
Josh Silver | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media
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Obama has promised to finally begin enforcing antitrust laws to prevent unreasonable consolidation of market power. If ever a media deal posed such a threat, this is it.
GE, Vivendi Deal: General Electric To Buy Final 20% Of NBC Universal
AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media
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PHILADELPHIA — General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by French media conglomerate Vive...
GE, Vivendi's NBC Talks STALLED: NYT
New York Times | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and TIM ARANGO | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media
Talks between General Electric and Vivendi over the future of NBC Universal have stalled, according to people involved in the discussions who spoke on...
Can Strong Brand Management Practices Hinder Career Opportunities?
Jenny Darroch | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business
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While strong brands need to stay relevant, strong brands do not constantly change what they stand for.
GE, Comcast Agree: NBC Valued At $30 Billion
Reuters | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal ...
Stimulus Fuels Gold Rush For Electronic Health Systems
The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
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Editor's note: This story is published in conjunction with American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop. The government's $45 billion pl...
Comcast-NBC Deal Close: NYT
New York Times | MICHAEL J. De La MERCED | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media
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General Electric and the cable giant Comcast have moved closer to a deal giving control of NBC Universal to Comcast, and a formal announcement could b...
Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions
Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
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Today, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Landover, MD to announce the administration's plans for a, "New Small Business Lending Initia...
The Spectre Haunting GE
BusinessWeek | Jeff Gerth | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
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Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease. n...
Jeff Immelt: Jeff Zucker "As Good As Anyone Running A Media Company Today"
BusinessWeek | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media
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Would General Electric CEO (GE) Jeff Immelt like to see NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker stick around, even if GE sells off majority control of its broad...
Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce
Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green
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Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.
Ten Thousand Apply For Ninety Job Openings In Louisville
The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
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As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...
Great Products Launched During A Recession
Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
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More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...
Jeffrey Immelt: Change vs. Social Change
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business
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GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate, says that to consider "change" and "social change" separately is a "losing proposition."
What Will Happen To Jeff Zucker If GE Makes NBC Deal?
Reuters | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
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NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker could be about to get a new boss -- and asked to explain a three-year run when his company expanded its cable business a...
Comcast Buying NBC Universal? Comcast Calls Report "Inaccurate," May Be In Talks For NBCU Stake
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media
Update 2:30 PM ET: CNBC's David Faber reports that GE and Comcast are in talks "about a deal in which GE would spin off its NBC Universal unit into a ...
Warren Buffett Turns From Stocks To Bonds
nytimes.com | GRAHAM BOWLEY | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business
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When so many others were running scared last autumn, Mr. Buffett invested billions in Goldman Sachs, and got a far better deal than Washington. He the...
Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy
Chris Gunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business
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We project that by counting big businesses in the United States and Europe as small businesses the Obama Administration may be shortchanging middle class firms out of as much as $100 billion a year in contracts.
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