Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) is an American global mass media company based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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With risk-sentiment improving overnight and borrowing costs still at record lows, companies seeking to issue bonds were making up for lost time after a mostly quiet Wednesday.Six high-grade companies sold $8.2 billion of new bonds Thursday, led by two $3 billion issues from biopharmaceutical company Amgen Inc. (AMGN), and Asia's largest refiner by capacity, China Petrochemical Corp. (SNP), better known as Sinopec Group.Media group Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA) borrowed $1 billion, spirits producer Beam Inc. (BEAM) priced $600 million, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK) had a $500 million deal and NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) unit Florida Power & Light issued $600 million.According to Dealogic, $12.2 billion was sold in the first three days of this week, placing the week's tally just beyond the $20 billion mark. Last week, $25.55 billion was sold in what was the fourth-busiest week of the year.Borrowers were all enticed by the s...U.S. cable operators are privately working on a plan to force programmers to unbundle their networks and allow customers to subscribe to channels on an individual ba...
Netflix Inc and Discovery Communications Inc have reached an agreement to bring episodes of popular TV adventure shows including "Man vs. Wild" and "River Monsters" ...
FBN’s Dennis Kneale on how top CEOs view the outlook for the economy and the job market.
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FBN's Liz Claman with David Zaslav, Discovery Communications CEO and president, on the network's partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Beam Global Spirits and Wine CMO Kevin George weighs in on Maker's Mark's first-ever TV ad campaign.
By Yinka AdegokeNEW YORK (Reuters) - Discovery Communications Inc and Oprah Winfrey have pushed out Christina Norman as chief executive of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Net...
Hasbro Inc.'s (HAS) first-quarter earnings fell 71%, missing analysts' estimates, as the toy maker spent more on product development and saw double-digit sales decli...
Time Warner Cable and Viacom Inc on Thursday countersued each other in an escalating battle over whether cable companies have the right to distribute TV shows to dev...
Cablevision Systems Corp is launching an app for customers using its Optimum package to watch television on their iPads at home, the company said on Saturday.The ser...
Time Warner Cable (TWC.N) will drop some networks from its live viewing iPad app after three media companies issued 'cease and desist' orders because they believe th...
Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:DISCA) saw shares rise on Friday, when it reported fourth-quarter earnings that rose 34%.The company, which owns a part of the ...
These nine stocks struck 52-week highs:While trading on above-average volume, The TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) climbed today, reaching and then surpassing its previous 5...
Here are nine stocks that set 52-week highs: While trading on above-average volume, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) climbed today, reaching and then surpassing its previous 52-w...
Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) appointed three new independent directors on Sunday in an effort to ease mounting pressure from activist shareholder Daniel Loeb as it prepares f...
A year after the world’s most famous talk-show host hung up the towel on her solo act, Oprah Winfrey is finding the behind-the-scenes work is far less glamorous.Winf...
Liz Claiborne (NYSE:LIZ) said Tuesday that it tapped former Tommy Hilfiger operating chief, George Carrara, as its new head of finance.The announcement, effective Ap...
FBN's Adam Shapiro breaks down afternoon market news.
By Paul Thomasch and Yinka AdegokeComcast Corp, News Corp and Time Warner Inc reported stronger quarterly results on Wednesday, confirming it pays to have a solid li...
