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...concerns about the fate of the newspaper industry mounted, Gannett's shares plunged from over $9 in mid-January to $1.85 in mid-March. Two weeks ago, Ariel Investments announced that it had increased its investment in Gannett from 4.8% of the company to 12.5%. That puzzled Wall St because of the bleak future the industry faces. The news about Ariel caused the stock to rally from $2.69 to $4.06 in four days, which probably pushed a number of short sellers out. Weak earnings knocked the stock back down to $3.09 giving those gambling against the firm some renewed hope...
...MSFT), the most shorted large tech company traded on any U.S. exchange, is a nearly ideal way to bet against software. It has dominant global market share in PC, server, and enterprise products used by large companies and governments. Microsoft is no longer considered a growth stock by Wall St., but it remains one of the most impressive corporate cash flow machines in the world. Microsoft's ongoing battle with Google (GOOG) over search and desktop software keeps it in the headlines regularly, and its quest to get control of Yahoo!'s (YHOO) search engine operation has gone...
What made you an American icon despite a body of work smaller than that of actors who have been working for 40 years? John Houle, ST. CLOUD, MINN...
Preserving jobs - even if the alternative is losing them - can be demoralizing in certain ways too. For top execs, a cut may mean it's time to dial back on the trips to St. Bart's. For line workers, who've probably calculated exactly how much mortgage and college tuition they can afford based on their salaries, the effect is more jarring. (See 10 things to do in Las Vegas...
...Reservations “Why are they called Tory Row if they’re not serving anything British?” asked one astute member of Jill Lepore’s seminar on the American Revolutionary War. Despite the witty name which referred to Brattle St. in the 1770s, the latest addition to the Square’s dining landscape, Tory Row, has little to do with anything British or frankly, revolutionary. This shout-out to the gastro-pub craze is the latest addition to Chris Lutes and Matthew Curtis’s restaurant mini-Empire. Tory...