Report: News Corp. board approves company split – FOX News
NEW YORK The board of directors at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has approved a plan that calls for splitting the global media conglomerate into two separate companies, one holding its newspaper business and another its entertainment …

French company Vivendi’s chief executive steps down – Los Angeles Times
The company, in a statement, described the tension as “a divergence of views on the strategic development of the group.” News reports and financial analysts suggest that the board has been embroiled in a debate about whether to carve off assets …

Sony to Buy Cloud Gaming Company Gaikai for $380 Million – Bloomberg
Sony Corp. (6758) agreed to acquire U.S. gaming platform company Gaikai Inc. for about $380 million, as the maker of PlayStation game consoles prepares to expand cloud- based entertainment services. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai pledged in …

Popular Bead Company Launches Lovebeadsworld Website! – YAHOO!
The internationally renowned bead company Love Beads 2011 has relaunched their site under the new name Love Beads World, and now located at http://www.lovebeadsworld.com. To celebrate the launch of their new website, they are offering a special Buy 1 …

Sony to Buy Cloud Gaming Company Gaikai for $380 Million – Bloomberg
Sony Corp. (6758) agreed to acquire U.S. gaming platform company Gaikai Inc. for about $380 million, as the maker of PlayStation game consoles prepares to expand cloud- based entertainment services. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai pledged in …

Report: News Corp. board approves company split – FOX News
NEW YORK The board of directors at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has approved a plan that calls for splitting the global media conglomerate into two separate companies, one holding its newspaper business and another its entertainment …

French company Vivendi’s chief executive steps down – Los Angeles Times
The company, in a statement, described the tension as “a divergence of views on the strategic development of the group.” News reports and financial analysts suggest that the board has been embroiled in a debate about whether to carve off assets …

Former head of Ferrari design company dies at 85 – San Jose Mercury News
ROME Sergio Pininfarina, who headed a family company known for its designs of sleek Ferraris and other cars, has died. He was 85. The company said Tuesday Pininfarina died overnight at his home in Turin. No cause of death was given.

Popular Bead Company Launches Lovebeadsworld Website! – YAHOO!
The internationally renowned bead company Love Beads 2011 has relaunched their site under the new name Love Beads World, and now located at http://www.lovebeadsworld.com. To celebrate the launch of their new website, they are offering a special Buy 1 …

Sony to buy game streaming company Gaikai – YAHOO!
NEW YORK (AP) Sony is buying the video game-streaming company Gaikai for $380 million in a bid to establish a new cloud-based gaming service. Video game streaming is not as widespread as music and movie streaming largely because the technology is far more complicated.

Apple pays $60million to Chinese company to secure full ownership of the iPad name – Daily Mail
A Chinese court ruled in December that Proview still owned the name in China and the company asked Chinese authorities to seize iPads. ‘The iPad dispute resolution is ended,’ the Guangdong High People’s Court said in a statement. ‘Apple Inc. has …

Murdoch: News Corp. Split Not Related to Hacking Scandal – FOXBusiness
A divided company, he said, will be a lot better in every way better managed. On Thursday, News Corp. officially unveiled plans to divide the company s publishing properties such as The Wall Street Journal and HarperCollins from its …

French company Vivendi’s chief executive steps down – Los Angeles Times
The company, in a statement, described the tension as “a divergence of views on the strategic development of the group.” News reports and financial analysts suggest that the board has been embroiled in a debate about whether to carve off assets …

Murdoch, Announcing News Corp. Split, Calls Newspapers Viable and Undervalued – New York Times Blogs
11:39 a.m. | Updated Rupert Murdoch confirmed Thursday morning that News Corporation, his $54 billion media conglomerate, will proceed with a plan to divide the company in two separating newspapers like The Wall Street Journal, The New York …

K-V Pharmaceutical Company Announces Notification from NYSE Regarding Listing Criteria – Yahoo Finance
ST. LOUIS, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — K-V Pharmaceutical Company (NYSE: KVa/ KVb) (“the Company”) today announced that on June 26, 2012 it was notified by the New York Stock Exchange Regulation, Inc., that its Class A common shares is below …

Rupert Murdoch says News Corp. split in two will unlock value – Los Angeles Times
News Corp.’s decision to split its publishing and entertainment businesses into separate companies is an acknowledgment that newspapers the foundation on which the $53-billion media empire was built are a drag on the company’s performance.

Murdoch’s News Corp spinoff will be born with silver spoon – Reuters
June 29 (IFR) – Rarely does a company get spun off in the generous manner that News Corp is considering for its publishing business. Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp, announced it will pursue plans to hive off its newspaper and book …

AOL Promotes CFO Minson to COO to Reorganize Company – Bloomberg
The company bought the Huffington Post for $315 million last year and invested as much as $300 million in Patch, a local-news division that Armstrong sees commanding about $50 million in sales this year. Minson will reorganize the company s …