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US high-yield issuers hesitant before Fed announcement
ReutersBy Joy Ferguson June 18 (IFR) - Three issuers tapped the US high-yield market Tuesday ahead of the much-anticipated FOMC decision, and all of the deals were upsized - but most opportunistic issuers continued to stick to the sidelines until the volatility...Tags: Mountain West Conference, Services and Shopping, Bonds, Petroleum Industry, Atwood Oceanics Incorporated
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Stephanie Hochschild prepares for new role at The Book Stall
If a predisposition to love literature were genetic, Stephanie Hochschild would be a gene carrier. Her mother is a librarian at the National Library of Medicine in her hometown of Bethesda, Md., and her aunt was a high school librarian in Florida. Her...
Tags: Media Industry, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Book
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'Ringleader' says Apple did not raise e-books prices
ReutersBy Nate Raymond NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - An Apple Inc executive at the center of an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. government said on Thursday the company "didn't care" what price publishers set for e-books. Eddy Cue said he was not surprised...Tags: Politics, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Amazon Kindle, E-Commerce Industry, Pearson Plc
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Apple executive Eddy Cue defends e-book deals at antitrust trial
NEW YORK — Eddy Cue, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of negotiating the company's controversial e-book deals, defended how the tech giant started its online bookstore as he made his highly anticipated appearance on the witness stand in a...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Lawyers, Science and Technology, Antitrust Issues, Prosecution
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Can Booklikes be the next Goodreads?
We're swamped with social media sites. There's Facebook and Twitter, Tumblr and Path. And Instagram, and Pinterest. For book lovers, there are Goodreads and LibraryThing. Do we really need another site? Maybe. Some of the biggest social media sites...
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Amazon.com expands its grocery delivery service to Los Angeles
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc., known for its speedy distribution of books, electronics and other consumer goods, is now trying to break open the grocery market. The AmazonFresh service, running since 2007 in the retailer's Seattle hometown,...
Tags: Corporate Officers, E-Commerce Industry, Dining and Drinking, Groceries, Amazon.com Inc.
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3 deals price in US high-yield market after May jobs report
ReutersBy Rachelle Kakouris NEW YORK, June 7 (IFR) - The backdrop for high-yield issuance improved on Friday as risk markets recouped their prior session losses following the release of nonfarm payrolls. The data met expectations for growth in the labor market...Tags: Services and Shopping, Warren Resources Incorporated, Bonds, Prices, Labor Markets
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E-book trial: Government says Apple conspiracy raised prices
NEW YORK -- Apple and major publishers conspired in a scheme to fix prices on e-books, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. Justice Department attorney argued during the first day of a marquee antitrust trial. In April 2010, when...
Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Department of Justice, Amazon.com Inc., Marketing, Crime, Law and Justice
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In e-books trial, U.S. says Apple conspired with publishers
ReutersBy Nate Raymond NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Apple Inc conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books in a scheme costing consumers "hundreds of millions of dollars," a U.S. government lawyer said Monday. A three-week trial got under way before...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Amazon Kindle, U.S. Department of Justice, Pearson Plc
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In e-books trial, US says Apple conspired with publishers
ReutersBy Nate Raymond NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Apple Inc conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books in a scheme costing consumers "hundreds of millions of dollars," a U.S. government lawyer said on Monday. A three-week trial got under way...Tags: Judges, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Lawyers, Amazon Kindle, U.S. Department of Justice
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US high-grade deals struggle as investors demand more
ReutersBy Shankar Ramakrishnan NEW YORK, June 3 (IFR) - It was a struggle to get transactions through the gate on a drama-filled Monday, as price-sensitive investors turned their backs on deals, making some issuers rue the decision to brave a weak market tone....Tags: Mountain West Conference, Bonds, Buckeye Partners LP, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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All eyes on Apple as e-book price-fixing trial begins
Apple headed to court Monday, as its e-book price fixing trial begins. The U.S. Justice Department alleged last year that Apple had conspired with five publishers to set the prices for e-books when it was planning to launch the iPad and enter the e-book...
Tags: BBC, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Tim Cook, James Murdoch
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