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• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The battle rages on

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bbi, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, Circuit City, Circuitcity, General Electric, Generalelectric, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Hewlett Packard, Hewlettpackard, Hpq, Intc, Intel, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Sne, Sony, Target, Tgt, Tosbf, Toshiba

  by Blockbuster inc (NYSE: BBI) to offer only Blu-ray titles when it expands its HD offerings this fall. The momentum currently appears to favor Blu-ray, which is also winning the content provider battle. Many Hollywood studios are either releasing solely in Blu-ray format or on both formats. Two of the summer's blockbusters -- Spider-Man 3 and

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• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The battle rages on

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bbi, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, Circuit City, Circuitcity, General Electric, Generalelectric, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Hewlett Packard, Hewlettpackard, Hpq, Intc, Intel, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Sne, Sony, Target, Tgt, Tosbf, Toshiba

  by Blockbuster inc (NYSE: BBI) to offer only Blu-ray titles when it expands its HD offerings this fall. The momentum currently appears to favor Blu-ray, which is also winning the content provider battle. Many Hollywood studios are either releasing solely in Blu-ray format or on both formats. Two of the summer's blockbusters -- Spider-Man 3 and

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• Netflix Lowers Forecasts, Announces Real Competitors

  Published: July 24, 2007, 8:43 am

  Tags: Future Trends, Nflx, Bbi

  Buoyed by the settlement of a patent-infringement lawsuit, Netflix (NFLX) reported a 50% boost in net income to $25.6 million in its second quarter conference call yesterday. However, the company had to lower its forecasts for the rest of the year, due to its ongoing pricing battle with Blockbuster (BBI). During the call, Netflix CEO...

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• Blockbuster gets into the download business

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Amazon, Amzn, Apple, Bbi, Blockbuster, Itunes, Movielink, Neflix, Nflx, Wal Mart, Wmt

  (NFLX), Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI)Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI) is buying (subscription required) film download service Movielink. It's about time. The service is owned by several Hollywood studios. While every company from Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a movie download service, the largest retailer of premium video content does not.

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• Data Feed

  Published: September 25, 2007, 8:49 am

  Tags: Forex, Futures, Lifestyle, Psychology, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Siri, Spwr, Xmsr, Cit, Bsx, Eps, Bby, Fosl, Bbi, Cha, Rcl, Tif, Celg, Jbx, Amzn, Jrjc, Apkt, Cat, Cmi, Sonc, Ccl, Trb, Bwa, Cake, Txrh, Jnj, Dahanca, Pfcb, Ckr, Amgn, Gpi, Mcd, Abt, Crm

  Tribune (TRB), Blockbuster (BBI), Cummins (CMI), Fossil (FOSL), CIT Group (CIT), Amgen (AMGN), Arcelor Mittal (MT) and China Finance Online (JRJC). ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Lightning Round - TheStreet.com Cramer was bullish on SunPower (SPWR), Sirius (SIRI), Celgene (CELG) and Caterpillar (CAT). Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap

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• Facebook's creepy Beacon ads put your mouth where your money is

  Published: November 22, 2007, 7:42 am

  Tags: Advertising, Bbi, Beacon, Blockbuster, Cmcsa, Comcast, Consumers, Facebook, Facebook Beacon, Facebookbeacon, Goog, Google, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Privacy

  (SNE), Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Expedia Inc (EXPE), News Corp'B' (NWS)Facebook has had a breakout year -- BloggingStocks probably should have listed the social networking site among our Hot Products of 2007. It sold a small stake to Microsoft for $240 million, and its success with encouraging

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• The 52-Week Low Club

  Published: December 6, 2007, 4:31 pm

  Tags: Hi Low, Pay, Bbi

  Verifone (PAY) Accounting problems still taking shares down. Falls to $19.57 from 52-week high of $50. Blockbuster (BBI) Concerns about postal costs. Down to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Data Feed

  Published: December 21, 2007, 8:35 am

  Tags: Forex, Futures, Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trading, Csco, Coh, Sgp, Wag, Crxl, Sil, Esio, Ista, Mer, Ent, Utk, Sprd, Mrk, Lmat, Rimm, Dble, Pdco, Hint, Vip, Mlnm, Svvs, Lxrx, Ilmn, Gldn, Nok, Txn, Ttm, Slm, Arwr, Fmx, Cgrb, Ebay, Bbi, Ftd, Mon, Csg, Gtv, Dna, Tap, Csar, Exr, Acn, Mhs

  that yesterday, Blockbuster (BBI) revealed plans to generally increase prices for new and some existing Total Access customers, effective 12/27/07. This, the firm says, is potentially very positive news for Netflix. They say while the magnitude of benefit is unclear, a less competitive environment should help to accelerate NFLX’s

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• Before the bell: WMT, LTD, TMA, GSK, DIS, BBI ...

  Published: March 6, 2008, 3:18 am

  Tags: Aapl, Bbi, Dis, Gsk, Inthenews, Ltd, Tma, Wmt

  Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is expected to report earnings of 17 cents a share in the fourth quarter. BBI should report before the market opens Thursday.A new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone rumor has surfaced, as Robert Scoble posted on this: Apparently, despite Steve Jobs saying otherwise, some claim to have worked Adobe Flash on their

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• Blockbuster Q4: Not Too Bad. Blockbuster Future: Not So Good

  Published: March 6, 2008, 8:23 am

  Tags: Nflx, Bbi

  (BBI) is in a last-ditch effort to right itself as DVD sales slow and Netflix (NFLX) keeps stepping up the pressure. But it seems to have done a decent job in the last part of 2007. Q4 sales and earnings were both up, even though the company had a net loss of about 500 stores - more than 6% of its base. Revenues: $1.57 billion, up

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• Night Of The Living Dead: Blockbuster (BBI) Bids For Circuit City (CC)

  Published: April 14, 2008, 5:18 am

  Tags: Mergers And Buy Outs, Bbi

  It is the kind of deal that investment bankers trying to save their jobs and desperate CEOs might dream up. Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI) has proposed to buy Circuit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Media Digest 4/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

  Published: April 14, 2008, 3:42 am

  Tags: Press Digest, Bbi

  According to Reuters, Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI) said it has offered to buy Circuit City (NYSE:CC) for $6 to $8 in cash. Reuters writes that a merger between Delta... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Crazy Blockbuster Circuit City Bid Great News For Netflix

  Published: April 14, 2008, 8:50 am

  Tags: Nflx, Bbi, Aapl, Amzn

  vanquished Blockbuster (BBI) is making a ludicrous bid for equally troubled electronics retailer Circuit City (CC). The conceit of the deal is that Circuit City Blockbuster will become THE destination for digital media tools and content. If not for the existence of Netflix, VOD, iTunes (AAPL), Best Buy (BBI), Amazon (AMZN), and many other

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• Blockbuster: Carl Icahn Loves Our Circuit City Bid. Really (BBI)

  Published: April 14, 2008, 8:31 am

  Tags: Bbi

  a play to cross-sell BBI subscriptions at Circuit City. Accretive/dilutive? Why do deal now when BBI stock hammered? No details offered. Vague talk of "dramatic cost benefits" from "synergy". Certainly accretive in the long-term. "More to come" but we sure would like to see Circuit City's financials. Next steps? Get Circuit City to

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• The 52-Week Low Club (CRS)(CC)(FHN)(HBAN)(FITB)

  Published: April 14, 2008, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Hi Low, Crs, Bbi

  Carpenter Technology (CRS) Company only manages to hit low end of guidance. Drops to $48.10 from 52-week high of $79.66. Blockbuster (BBI) Bid for Circuit City... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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