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Disney, Time Warner Cable Strike New Deal – Update
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and cable operator Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) said Thursday that they have reached a new long-term expanded programming deal that will keep Disney’s broadcast and cable channels on Time Warner Cable, ending several weeks of tense negotiations. Financial terms of the deal, reached after an early Thursday deadline, were not [...]
FT: Blackstone, Warburg Pincus Considering Kosmos’ $5 Bln Listing In UK Or US – Update
Blackstone Group LP (BX) and Warburg Pincus L.P., the private equity owners of Kosmos Energy LLC, are considering taking the oil company public as an alternative to a sale of the company, the Financial Times reported Thursday. A potential public offering of Texas-based Kosmos in either the U.S. or U.K. could value the company at [...]
Discovery Communications Issues Statement In Response To Hostage Crisis – Update
Discovery Communications, Inc. (DISCA) on Wednesday issued a statement in response to the hostage crisis at the company’s headquarters in the Silver Spring suburb near Washington D.C. earlier in the day.
AstraZeneca’s Seroquel XR Approved In EU As Add-on Treatment Of Major Depressive Disorder – Update
British drug maker AstraZeneca plc ( AZN, AZN.L) Thursday announced that the European Commission approved once-daily Seroquel Extended Release tablets as an add-on treatment of major depressive episodes in patients with Major Depressive Disorder or MDD, who have not responded well to antidepressant monotherapy.