Acquisitions

Dow Jones, firma care publica legende ale revistelor financiare cum ar fi The Wall Street Journal si MarketWatch, detinuta de familia Bancroft, este pe cale sa foe cumparata de Rupert Murdoch. Numele poate va suna familiar, el fiind bogatul si mandrul detinator al News Corp, asa ca apropiata cumparare va pune publicatiile Dow Jones alaturi de alte branduri importante ca 20th Century Fox si Daily Telegraph. Acesta poate fi si inceputul unei serii lungi de schimbari pentru nou-cumparatele ziare, Murdoch fiind renumit pentru influentarea continutului articolelor; totusi, faptul ca noii lui angajati sunt castigatori ai unor importante premii, ar trebui sa fie un stimulent destul de puternic incat acesta sa ii lase sa faca lucrul pe care il stiu ei cel mai bine. Mogulul media vrea ca The Wall Street Journal sa contina mai multe stiri de interes general si sa devina mai popular in Europa si Asia; globalizarea cuprinde si canalele media si ca de obicei, aduce cu ea schimbari caracteristice. Investigatiile antitrust, o problema frecventa in orice corporatie mare, nu ii vor deranja pe Murdoch si echipa sa, studiile aratand ca ziarele si posturile lui de televiziune nu vor actiona pe aceleasi piete locale. Totusi, tranzactia va fi supravegheata de o serie de comisii si va necesita aprobarea Comisiei Federale de Comert (Federal Trade Commission) si a Departamentului de Justitie american. News Corp. a fost infiintata in America in 1980 si a cumparat jumatate din 20th Century Fox in urmatorul an. A creat si reteaua Fox care a fost adesea criticata pentru stirile sale impartiale, iar temerile ca Murdoch se va implica in munca jurnalistilor sai nu sunt nefondate. Sa speram totusi ca va intelege importanta pastrarii unor marci ca WSJ relevante pentru cititorii lor, altfel viitorul jurnalismului de calitate este in mare pericol.

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by Corina Ciubotaru for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

SigEx Ventures's matrix of properties are quickly becoming leaders in digital telebroadcasting, free content delivery allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, video blogs and SMS. SigEx Ventures invests in projects deploying "free" to add-on royalty revenue models

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

edited by: Lenka Macurakova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Ori de cate ori o mare corporatie cumpara o companies au o marca ziarele starnesc o mare agitatie, de parca ar fi afacerea anului. Nu surpinde pe nimeni daca afacerii cumpararii lui Dow Jones & Co. de Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ziarele New York Times, New York Daily News si The Wall Street Journal i-au acordat Prima Pagina. Surpinde doar faptul ca ziarul Post, singurul cotidian American al lui Murdoch nu a scris despre afacere decat la rubrica de afaceri. Datorita faptului ca ei reprezinta unul dintre contractanti ar fi trebuit sa-I faca si mai mare publicitate. Principalul motiv, in opinia mea, este ca afacerea nu a fost atat de importanta asa cum toti incercau sa para a o face, precum si faptul ca Dow Jones & Co va fi integrata in News Corp, conform spuselor lui Paul Tharp si Peter Lauria, autorii articolului din ziarul the Post. Odata ce se va realize integrarea noi achizitii, nu mai exista nici un motiv pentru a ii face publicitate si ar parea ca si cum s-ar lauda daca ar face un mare tam-tam pe aceasta chestiune. Oricum cand misterul este prea evident atunci ceva se intampla cu siguranta si proprietarii ziarului the Post nu vreau sa se descopere. Pana cand cineva se decide sa faca public secretul care invaluie intreaga afacere si termenii ei, tot ceea ce avem este presupunerea si marea abilitate de a crea teorii a ceea ce se intampla in spatele cortinei.Stati conectati si mai dati cate un click, cine stie cand veti vedea o stire de ultima ora despre tot. Savurati!

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by Claudia Sonea for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

SigEx Ventures's matrix of properties are quickly becoming leaders in digital telebroadcasting, free content delivery allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, video blogs and SMS. SigEx Ventures invests in projects deploying "free" to add-on royalty revenue models

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

edited by: Lenka Macurakova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Lupta dintre doi gigantic ne aminteste de timpuri mitice. Totusi, magia nu mai e vizibila si principala arma o reprezinta banii. Domnita la ananghie este Yahoo Inc pentru a carui mana se lupta Microsoft, liderul mondial in productia de software si calculatoare, si Google Inc, lider modial in publicitate si cautare online, infruntandu-si fortele. Revenind la realitate, Microsoft Corp, tocmai a primit o palma peste fata prin intermediul unei scrisori primita de la consiliul director al lui Yahoo. In ea se regaseste un refuz ferm sa vandal daca nu vor primi $45 de miliarde. Dupa 2 luni de razboi rece si tensiune problema a fost in sfarsit pus ape masa. Astfel ca cei doi rivali fie vor convinge domnita sa accepte de buna voi pe unu din ei, fie vor apela la actionarii Yahoo la intalnirea lor anuala, ducand razboiul pana in vara. Oferta originala a lui Microsoft a fost de $44.6 miliarde si directorul executiv Steven Ballmer a fixat ca data 26 Aprilie pentru Yahoo sa se decida. A mai amenintat ca va cobora oferta si va cere lui Yahoo sa-I inlocuiasca pe cei 10 directori care se opun preluarii. De cealalta parte, Presedintele Yahoo Roy Bostock si directorul executiv Jerry Yang i-au reprosat lui Ballmer ca nu avanseaza cu negocierea. Desi in Februarie oferta facuta de Microsoft era 62 de procente peste valuarea de pe piata a lui Yahoo, valoarea ofertei a scazut ca urmare a pierderii a 11 procente din pretul actiunilor care garanteaza jumatate din aceasta oferta. Insa si Yhaoo a pierdut 66 procente si analistii cred ca in ciuda atitudinii optimiste, situatia e gri si daca decizia va depinde de actionari, acestia ar putea sa o accepte. Domnita se lasa greu, dar daca asta va periclita posibilitatea de a primi chiar si banii oferiti pana acum? Nu plecati, urmeaza!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo;_ylt=AlKKTiWe.wPmfPqmSETIKSus0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

edited by: Lenka Macurakova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Blockbuster Inc., cel mai mare lant de magazine de inchiriat DVD-uri si jocuri video din lume, a anuntat ca va uimi pe toata lumea nu doar cu profitul de pe primul trimestru, dar si cu oferta unei preluari ostile a lui Circuit City Stores Inc. Totusi, propria afacere de inchiriare a filmelor este problematica si analistii sunt neincrezatori in ceea ce priveste o astfel de afacere. Directorul executiv James Keyes a oferit cateva detalii despre implinirea unei astefl de afaceri descriind un land de 9300 demagazine care ar vinde dispozitive portabile si entertainment cu magazine de inchiriat filme inauntrul magazinelor Circuit City. In ciuda faptului ca s-a alaturat companiei doar in vara trecuta, el a realizat deja cateva schimbari precum cumpararea Movielink, un serviciu digital de descarcat filme operat de marile studiouri de la Hollywood. Circuit City, al doilea lant de magazine de electronice ca marime din SUA, a trebuit sa concedieze 3,400 de munictori si sa se axeze pe magazine mai mici, reducerea costurilor si afacerii Firedog tech-service datorita declinului de aproape $27 slide in pretul actiunilor. Astfel ca ei cauta noi mijloace de a-si reveno, dar afacerea cu Blockbuster pare putin probabila intrucat este mult peste valoarea de pe piata a intregului Blockbuster's. De cand au fost abordati in decembrie, au refuzat sa isi prezinte rapoartele si chiar si dupa scrisoarea trimisa directorului executiv al Circuit City Philip Schoonover, actionarii au fost sfatuiti sa astepte pana comitetul de conducere analizeaza oferta. Termenul limita pentru un raspuns a fost 21 februarie, dar ei nu au oferit nici una din informatiile cerute. Keyes a reusit sa aduca imbunatatiri la o comapanie ce se zbatea sa concureze cu mici magazine de inchiriat DVD-uri sau servicii de email. Insa afacerea s-ar putea dovedi mai mult decat poate el manevra datorita lantului de magazine care e deja pe muchie de cutit. Singura solutie e sa asteptam sa vedem ce urmeaza.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_bi_ge/blockbuster_circuit_city;_ylt=AubrOoI2uz24HefVV.nGklus0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

edited by: Lenka Macurakova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Blockbuster Inc., the largest chain of DVD and video game rental stores in the world, announced that it will not only amaze everyone with its first quarter revenue, but it would also undergo a hostile takeover bid for Circuit City Stores Inc. However, its own movie-rental business is troublesome and analysts have doubts about the deal. Chief Executive James Keyes gave some of the details concerning the fulfillment of the deal by describing a 9,300-store chain that would sell portable devices and entertainment for them with movie-rental stores inside larger Circuit City stores. In spite the fact that he joined the company only last summer, he already did some changes like buying Movielink, a digital movie-downloading service handled by major Hollywood studios. Circuit City, the second biggest consumer electronics chain in US, was forced to lay off some 3,400 workers and focus on smaller concept stores, how to reduce costs and its Firedog tech-service business due to the decline of almost $27 slide in share prices. They are looking for new means of recovering, but the deal with Blockbuster doesn't seem probable as it is way above Blockbuster's entire stock market value. Since they were approached for the first time with the offer in December, they have refused to show their books and even after the letter sent to Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover, shareholders were advised to wait until the company board analyses the bid. The deadline for an answer was on February 21, but they did not offer any of the requested information. Keyes managed to bring some improvements to the company struggling to compete against small DVD retailers or by-mail rental services. Yet, the deal with the endangered stores-chain might be more than he could handle. The only solution is to wait and see whether he will convince Circuit City to give in or not. More to come...

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/cuba_cell_phones;_ylt=Ai3NvJhgJBaUPuVS7_Vn01as0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

edited by: Lenka Macurakova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Lupta dintre doi gigantic ne aminteste de timpuri mitice. Totusi, magia nu mai e vizibila si principala arma o reprezinta banii. Domnita la ananghie este Yahoo Inc pentru a carui mana se lupta Microsoft, liderul mondial in productia de software si calculatoare, si Google Inc, lider modial in publicitate si cautare online, infruntandu-si fortele. Revenind la realitate, Microsoft Corp, tocmai a primit o palma peste fata prin intermediul unei scrisori primita de la consiliul director al lui Yahoo. In ea se regaseste un refuz ferm sa vandal daca nu vor primi $45 de miliarde. Dupa 2 luni de razboi rece si tensiune problema a fost in sfarsit pus ape masa. Astfel ca cei doi rivali fie vor convinge domnita sa accepte de buna voi pe unu din ei, fie vor apela la actionarii Yahoo la intalnirea lor anuala, ducand razboiul pana in vara. Oferta originala a lui Microsoft a fost de $44.6 miliarde si directorul executiv Steven Ballmer a fixat ca data 26 Aprilie pentru Yahoo sa se decida. A mai amenintat ca va cobora oferta si va cere lui Yahoo sa-I inlocuiasca pe cei 10 directori care se opun preluarii. De cealalta parte, Presedintele Yahoo Roy Bostock si directorul executiv Jerry Yang i-au reprosat lui Ballmer ca nu avanseaza cu negocierea. Desi in Februarie oferta facuta de Microsoft era 62 de procente peste valuarea de pe piata a lui Yahoo, valoarea ofertei a scazut ca urmare a pierderii a 11 procente din pretul actiunilor care garanteaza jumatate din aceasta oferta. Insa si Yhaoo a pierdut 66 procente si analistii cred ca in ciuda atitudinii optimiste, situatia e gri si daca decizia va depinde de actionari, acestia ar putea sa o accepte. Domnita se lasa greu, dar daca asta va periclita posibilitatea de a primi chiar si banii oferiti pana acum? Nu plecati, urmeaza!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo;_ylt=AlKKTiWe.wPmfPqmSETIKSus0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

Edited by Iveta Nagyova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Blockbuster Inc., cel mai mare lant de magazine de inchiriat DVD-uri si jocuri video din lume, a anuntat ca va uimi pe toata lumea nu doar cu profitul de pe primul trimestru, dar si cu oferta unei preluari ostile a lui Circuit City Stores Inc. Totusi, propria afacere de inchiriare a filmelor este problematica si analistii sunt neincrezatori in ceea ce priveste o astfel de afacere. Directorul executiv James Keyes a oferit cateva detalii despre implinirea unei astefl de afaceri descriind un land de 9300 demagazine care ar vinde dispozitive portabile si entertainment cu magazine de inchiriat filme inauntrul magazinelor Circuit City. In ciuda faptului ca s-a alaturat companiei doar in vara trecuta, el a realizat deja cateva schimbari precum cumpararea Movielink, un serviciu digital de descarcat filme operat de marile studiouri de la Hollywood. Circuit City, al doilea lant de magazine de electronice ca marime din SUA, a trebuit sa concedieze 3,400 de munictori si sa se axeze pe magazine mai mici, reducerea costurilor si afacerii Firedog tech-service datorita declinului de aproape $27 slide in pretul actiunilor. Astfel ca ei cauta noi mijloace de a-si reveno, dar afacerea cu Blockbuster pare putin probabila intrucat este mult peste valoarea de pe piata a intregului Blockbuster's. De cand au fost abordati in decembrie, au refuzat sa isi prezinte rapoartele si chiar si dupa scrisoarea trimisa directorului executiv al Circuit City Philip Schoonover, actionarii au fost sfatuiti sa astepte pana comitetul de conducere analizeaza oferta. Termenul limita pentru un raspuns a fost 21 februarie, dar ei nu au oferit nici una din informatiile cerute. Keyes a reusit sa aduca imbunatatiri la o comapanie ce se zbatea sa concureze cu mici magazine de inchiriat DVD-uri sau servicii de email. Insa afacerea s-ar putea dovedi mai mult decat poate el manevra datorita lantului de magazine care e deja pe muchie de cutit. Singura solutie e sa asteptam sa vedem ce urmeaza.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_bi_ge/blockbuster_circuit_city;_ylt=AubrOoI2uz24HefVV.nGklus0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

Edited by Iveta Nagyova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

Blockbuster Inc., the largest chain of DVD and video game rental stores in the world, announced that it will not only amaze everyone with its first quarter revenue, but it would also undergo a hostile takeover bid for Circuit City Stores Inc. However, its own movie-rental business is troublesome and analysts have doubts about the deal. Chief Executive James Keyes gave some of the details concerning the fulfillment of the deal by describing a 9,300-store chain that would sell portable devices and entertainment for them with movie-rental stores inside larger Circuit City stores. In spite the fact that he joined the company only last summer, he already did some changes like buying Movielink, a digital movie-downloading service handled by major Hollywood studios. Circuit City, the second biggest consumer electronics chain in US, was forced to lay off some 3,400 workers and focus on smaller concept stores, how to reduce costs and its Firedog tech-service business due to the decline of almost $27 slide in share prices. They are looking for new means of recovering, but the deal with Blockbuster doesn't seem probable as it is way above Blockbuster's entire stock market value. Since they were approached for the first time with the offer in December, they have refused to show their books and even after the letter sent to Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover, shareholders were advised to wait until the company board analyses the bid. The deadline for an answer was on February 21, but they did not offer any of the requested information. Keyes managed to bring some improvements to the company struggling to compete against small DVD retailers or by-mail rental services. Yet, the deal with the endangered stores-chain might be more than he could handle. The only solution is to wait and see whether he will convince Circuit City to give in or not. More to come...

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/cuba_cell_phones;_ylt=Ai3NvJhgJBaUPuVS7_Vn01as0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.

These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.

Edited by Iveta Nagyova

Labels: Acquisitions, CantellTV, Chris Cantell, Christopher Cantell, digital broadcasting, SigEx Foundry, SigEx Telecom

The history of Wendy's, large fast food chain, ranges back to 1969 when Dave Thomas opened his first restaurant in Columbus, naming it after his little daughter Melinda Lou who was also known as Wendy. As the time passed by, Wendy's become one of the most eminent fast food chains, reaching number three position, backing up its major burger competitors – McDonalds and Burger King. As some more the time passed by, Wendy's lost its key person Thomas - who died in 2002 - and it seemed that people at Wendy's were running out of good ideas that could be turned into revenues. Instead, they lost a significant amount of customers. Moreover, proceeding economic crisis forced many Americans to revalue their expenditures – no more careless eating out, it's time to activate cooker once again. At this point, it was clear that something drastic needs to be done at Wendy's.Well, the resolution is drastic indeed, but it's probably not that kind of solution many (especially Thomas family) were hoping for. Nelson Peltz finally achieved success – he had to swallow at least two categorical “No, thanks” to his previous offers. The third one did not fall flat so the world got wind of $2.34 all-stock deal. The owner of Triarc Companies which operates Arby's restaurants, significant shareholder of companies such as Cadbury Schweppes PLC, H.J. Heinz Co. or Tiffany & Co. previously owned 9.8 percent of Wendy's International Inc. stock through his Trian Fund, now became a full-time owner.Sad, sad, sad. That's what many Wendy's fans are saying nowadays. They expect cardinal changes and are pretty much sure that Wendy's will never be the same. And some are dare enough to say – old Thomas is for sure rolling over in his grave. Anyway, all I can add to the “sad, sad, sad” part is that I can remember my birthday “party” back then. I was freshly twenty two years old and I was in American Mid West, far far far away from home, whole family and closest friends, sitting sadly over Wendy's chocolate Frosty dessert.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_bi_ge/wendy_s;_ylt=AiCH8L8jcvpBmLbyg7twOQGs0NUE

by Kamila Moravcikova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.<br><br><font size=2>These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.</font><br>
edited by Tatiana Kucharikova

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US should feel relieved; at least it is not the only one dealing with bankruptcy. Both it and Europe have issues in the airlines sector. American airliners Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. or ATA declared bankruptcy, while Delta and Northwest will merge in order to avoid such a disaster. Meantime, Italy’s Alitalia is also in a difficult position being forced to take measures in order to avoid running out of business. Alitalia is Italy’s flag career airline with 49.9 percent of its shares under the ownership of the Italian government. Since its foundation in 1946 the airliner had only one year of profit and the rest were marked by big time losses as a consequence labour problems and government and political interference. Mostly if it managed to survive until now it is only due to the fresh capital infused by the government and other organizations. Yet, the European Union had forbidden any further help or grants from the part of the Italian government, thus the option remaining is a privatization of the airliner and a lower political ownership. Air France-KLM Group; an investment group led by businessman and lawyer Antonio Baldassare; and a group composed by the Italian domestic carrier Air One and several banks presented their offers in December 2007. On March 2008 the proposal of Air France-KLM Group was accepted, but on Monday, 21 April, Europe's biggest airline announced dropping its bid and justifying it the fact that the demands of Alitalia’s unions are unreasonable and did not respect the initial agreement. Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister starting next month, is against Air France’s takeover considering it as being an insult and unless the terms will not be changed, they would prefer an Italian consortium. Meantime, Alitalia’s situation is not getting better and the cabinet must meet and sort things out and keep on flying. More to come…

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by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.<br><br><font size=2>These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.</font><br>

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Do you remember that three years ago Hewlett-Packard Co. was struggling to reach its major rivals? Well, now it has snatched the position of the world's largest technology company from IBM and that of world's the top seller of personal computers from Dell. This is all due to Mark Hurd who was hired as CEO three years ago. He managed to double the company’s stock price and acquired some important businesses like software maker Mercury Interactive Corp and data management provider Opsware Inc. Forced by the Wall Street Journal’s article rumoring a deal with technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS), on Monday both HP and EDS confirmed being in talks. Yet they refused to comment any further on the deal that would bring more consulting and data management contracts to HP who lingered for a long time to surpass IBM even in this area. This acquisition would be the biggest since that of Compaq Computer Corp. in 2002. Nevertheless, EDS was rumored to be talking to Deutsche Telekom and Dell previously and even though it was never confirmed, it might mean the company has unreasonable demands. Also, a corporate marriage with HP could bring forward irreconcilable differences. Because the market of technology consulting and customer support services has a high demand, HP focuses now on developing this division and the deal with EDS comes after in 2000 lost PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting division to the rival IBM. If Hurd manages to close the deal HP would get more government contracts (EDS has better connections since its founder H. Ross Perot run for presidency). Rumor has it that the talks might come to an end today, so stay connected.

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Do you remember that three years ago Hewlett-Packard Co. was struggling to reach its major rivals? Well, now it has snatched the position of the world's largest technology company from IBM and that of world's the top seller of personal computers from Dell. This is all due to Mark Hurd who was hired as CEO three years ago. He managed to double the company’s stock price and acquired some important businesses like software maker Mercury Interactive Corp and data management provider Opsware Inc. Forced by the Wall Street Journal’s article rumoring a deal with technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS), on Monday both HP and EDS confirmed being in talks. Yet they refused to comment any further on the deal that would bring more consulting and data management contracts to HP who lingered for a long time to surpass IBM even in this area. This acquisition would be the biggest since that of Compaq Computer Corp. in 2002. Nevertheless, EDS was rumored to be talking to Deutsche Telekom and Dell previously and even though it was never confirmed, it might mean the company has unreasonable demands. Also, a corporate marriage with HP could bring forward irreconcilable differences. Because the market of technology consulting and customer support services has a high demand, HP focuses now on developing this division and the deal with EDS comes after in 2000 lost PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting division to the rival IBM. If Hurd manages to close the deal HP would get more government contracts (EDS has better connections since its founder H. Ross Perot run for presidency). Rumor has it that the talks might come to an end today, so stay connected.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_hi_te/hp_eds;_ylt=AnUczndgjvOp5kugG_9FRx.s0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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Do you remember that three years ago Hewlett-Packard Co. was struggling to reach its major rivals? Well, now it has snatched the position of the world's largest technology company from IBM and that of world's the top seller of personal computers from Dell. This is all due to Mark Hurd who was hired as CEO three years ago. He managed to double the company’s stock price and acquired some important businesses like software maker Mercury Interactive Corp and data management provider Opsware Inc. Forced by the Wall Street Journal’s article rumoring a deal with technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS), on Monday both HP and EDS confirmed being in talks. Yet they refused to comment any further on the deal that would bring more consulting and data management contracts to HP who lingered for a long time to surpass IBM even in this area. This acquisition would be the biggest since that of Compaq Computer Corp. in 2002. Nevertheless, EDS was rumored to be talking to Deutsche Telekom and Dell previously and even though it was never confirmed, it might mean the company has unreasonable demands. Also, a corporate marriage with HP could bring forward irreconcilable differences. Because the market of technology consulting and customer support services has a high demand, HP focuses now on developing this division and the deal with EDS comes after in 2000 lost PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting division to the rival IBM. If Hurd manages to close the deal HP would get more government contracts (EDS has better connections since its founder H. Ross Perot run for presidency). Rumor has it that the talks might come to an end today, so stay connected.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_hi_te/hp_eds;_ylt=AnUczndgjvOp5kugG_9FRx.s0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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Thomas Hobbes, one of the major english philosophers of the 17th century was convinced that people innate the instict of self preservation. Everybody has this instict, we always want to have more and more and in order to get it and to survive we` re able and ready to do anything. Its a state of war- everyone against everyone.Transforming from 17th century back to present we can see that the world didn`t change. It just works a little bit different than in the past. Instead of just killing or beat up someone, we cheat and intrigue.And we try to do it faster than the others and not always necessarily by holy means.The world is like e-Bay. People sell, buy and try to be better and to have more than the others.You can read everyday in the papers which company is buying another company, wants to buy another company..If you don`t buy, you get bought. Thats how it works.Today we can concentrate on a certain company called UTC (stands for United Technologies Corporation) which wants to buy another company called Diebold Inc.UTC is a mixed affiliated group which owns e.g. helicopter manufacturers, elevator and escalator specialists, heating and air conditioning systems and many others. They want to buy Diebold Inc., offering the company almost 3 billion dollars. Diebold is specialized on ATM, security systems, voting machines and cash registers. They don`t want to be bought by United. The offer was unwanted and clearly undervaluated. So its probably gonna be more of a hostile acquisition than a peaceful fusion. The Diebold shares rised at more then 60 %. since the announcement though. I guess thats more then good.Maybe they `ll change their mind after all.

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Decisions, decisions, it is so hard to make up your mind and Yahoo Inc. is best fit to talk about it. As everyone knows, on February 1, Microsoft made a public offer to buy Yahoo at $44.6 billion and now the latter one is trying to merge with AOL in order to prevent its takeover. They wouldn't have refused Microsoft's offer, but it was too low to meet up their expectations. However, there is still hope. Yahoo has not yet nominated the candidates to its board and has postponed it until after March 14; that is after the annual shareholder meeting. Therefore Microsoft has a small chance to fulfill its desire of takeover by helping its supporters to get on Yahoo board and facilitate a deal. Nevertheless, it should hurry, because Yahoo is preparing a defense strategy that might just well make it the leader of third-party network businesses. If it is indeed true what Wall Street Journal reported, then Yahoo and AOL are talking the possibility of a merge. Time Warner Inc. (with whom they talked even 3 years before) has 25 percent of AOL and it is more likely to ask a third of the resulted company. Google who owns 5 percent of AOL might oppose due to the competition that it would actually represent by becoming very attractive to advertisers. Others say media conglomerate News Corp who owns MySpace would be another option. Both AOL and Yahoo have better chances and would have more profit by joining forces than if they standalone. Yahoo would reduce costs like technology, distribution, and the combined company would have a stronger share engine. Stay connected and see if the rumors are true or not. Until now neither Yahoo, nor AOL, did not comment on the matter, thus it did not confirm it, nor denied it.

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Yahoo´s board of directors formally rejected offer from Microsoft Corp. at a meeting in New York claiming that $43,7 billion, which is $31 per share, is not enough for such a renowned Internet company and so merger agreement is out of the question for now at least. Yahoo´s Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang believes that 14 years of work on the company are worth more and the offer doesn´t take into account risks Yahoo would go through by entering this agreement. When Microsoft announced the bid at the end of January its share price has fallen while on the contrary that of Yahoo has risen. But after the rejection of the initial offer it was the share price of Yahoo that dropped more than 23 percent to $22. On the other hand Microsoft share price went up 4.3 percent. As a result CEO Jerry Yang faces criticism from Yahoo´s shareholders. “Clearly there´s a frustration,” said Darren Chervitz from the Jacob Internet Fund that owns stocks of the company. “I am not even sure if Yahoo cares about its shareholders because they didn´t show much regard for shareholders´ best interests in this process.” “You are going to see a lot of shareholders just throwing in the towel because they are going to realize it´s going to take a while for the stock to get back to where it was Friday,” added analyst for Standard & Poor Scott Kessler. Merger between Yahoo and Microsoft would definitely create a powerful entity in online search business, which currently Google dominates. And it would be also one of the biggest deals in the technological field in quite some time together with Hewlett-Packard´s takeover of Compaq in 2002, where the latter one was bought for $25 billion. Jerry Yang announced that Yahoo is currently examining its options and possibly considers a partnership with Google Inc. or get a higher offer from Microsoft.

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PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.<br><br><font size=2>These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.</font><br>

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Správna rada spoločnosti Yahoo oficiálne odmietla na stretnutí v New Yorku ponuku zo strany Microsoft Corp., argumentujúc tým, že 43.7 miliárd dolárov, čo predstavuje 31 dolárov za akciu, nie je adekvátne suma za internetovú spoločnosť typu Yahoo. Dohoda o zlúčení je tak nateraz v nedohľadne. Výkonný riaditeľ Yahoo Jerry Yang verí, že 14 rokov práce, ktoré investoval do tejto spoločnosti, majú väčšiu hodnotu a takisto si myslí, že súčasná ponuka neberie do úvahy riziká, ktoré by Yahoo podstúpila uzatvorením tejto dohody. Keď Microsoft koncom januára ohlásil svoju ponuku, ceny akcií spoločnosti klesli zatiaľčo u Yahoo vzrástli. No po odmietnutí počiatočnej ponuky to boli ceny akcií Yahoo, ktoré klesli o viac než 23 percent na 22 dolárov za akciu. Na druhej strane ceny akcií Microsoftu vtedy stúpli o 4.3 percent. V dôsledku toho teraz výkonný riaditeľ Jerry Yang čelí kritike zo strany akcionárov spoločnosti. „Vo vzduchu cítiť frustráciu,” povedal Darren Chervitz z Jacob Internet Fund, ktorá vlastní akcie spoločnosti. „Nie som si istý či sa Yahoo vôbec zaujíma o svojich akcionárov, pretože doteraz v celom procese nebrali veľké ohľady na to čo je v ich najlepšom záujme.” „Dá sa očakávať, že veľa akcionárov hodí uterák do ringu, keď si uvedomia, že to chvíľu potrvá než sa akcie opäť spamätajú,” dodáva analytik pre Standard & Poor Scott Kessler. Výsledkom spojenia Yahoo s Microsoftom by bol silný súper pre Google v oblasti internetového vyhľadávania. A tiež by išlo o jeden z najväčších obchodov na poli technológie za posledné roky, hneď popri prevzatí Compaq spoločnosťou Hewlett-Packard z roku 2002, kedy bol Compaq odkúpený za 25 miliárd dolárov. Jerry Yang oznámil, že Yahoo momentálne zvažuje svoje možnosti. Buď si počká ne lepšiu ponuku od Microsoftu alebo zváži spoluprácu so spoločnosťou Google, Inc.

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PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.<br><br><font size=2>These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.</font><br>

Edited by: Katarina Zerzanova

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Yahoo Inc. has lost one of its pretenders as Microsoft withdrew the buyout offer. Both Yahoo shareholders and analysts are blaming Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s CEO, for the fail of the negotiations and are doubtful about the company’s future. Yet, Yang will have his chance to justify his actions on Monday at the shareholders meeting. Darren Chervitz, co-manager of the Jacob Internet Fund (owner of Yahoo stock), revealed that Yahoo’s CEO will not be received very well. On Saturday the talks between Microsoft’s CEO Ballmer and Yang clashed as they couldn’t get to a mutual agreement on the share’s price (in between the offer of $33 per share and the demand of $37 per share). Due to the clash analysts forecast a huge drop in Yahoo's stock price and lawsuits popping up if Yang will not succeed to convince them of his plan involving Yahoo's upgrade to a better Internet advertising platform increasing net profit with more than 25 percent in 2009- 2010. In spite of the ego that made Yahoo to sniff at Microsoft’s bid, the company did not succeeded to avoid humiliation as it turned to Google searching for help. Like a damsel in distress, Yahoo searched comfort in Google’s arms and after the two weeks trial that were successful the relation seems to go steady. Nevertheless this love might be forbidden due to antitrust laws and the fact that it will give them 80 percent of the U.S. search advertising market. Meantime, you know a woman always has a plan B dwelled in her mind, therefore Yahoo has it too, with a possible merger with AOL's Internet operations or even the possibility for the board to buy some of the stock back. What it will be? Don’t go away, things are just starting to warm up a little. Enjoy!

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Conglomeratul media apartinand magnatului Rupert Murdoch a reusit in sfarsit, dupa o lupta de trei luni, sa achizitioneze Dow Jones printr-o afacere valorificata la 5.6 miliarde de dolari.Se pare ca Murdoch planuieste sa faca diferite schimbari si investitii in ziar dar si in celelalte firme Dow Jones.Magician in arta relatiilor publice, Murdoch va fi gata sa faca niste pasi foarte curajosi.Este bizar totusi ca purtatorul de cuvant la familiei Bancroft a refuzat sa confirme aceasta stire si a declarat ca asemenea concluzii sunt premature.Preluarea Dow Jones ii va da lui Murdoch suportul de informatii financiare de care are nevoie inainte de a se avanta in lansarea unui nou post de televiziune dedicat afacerilor- lansare programata sa se intample in ultimul trimestru al acestui an.Compania lui Murdoch, News Corp a a avut un venit de peste 26.73 miliarde de dolari anul trecut pe cand Dow Jones s-a rezumat la un venit mai modest de 1.78 miliarde.Evoluţia negativă a Dow Jones a avut efecte şi asupra bursei japoneze, Nikkei scazand cu peste 2.4%.Unele voci au spus ca a fost cea mai grava criza economica din acest an insa economia americana este inca puternica si echilibrata chiar daca investitorii arata prudenta in piata financiara. Va trebui sa se intample ceva mult mai grav pentru a zgudui economia americana cu adevarat.Sa ne bucuram cu totii pentru Rupert Murdoch deoarece fierberea la foc mic s-a incheiat in sfarsit dupa trei luni si sa asteptam schimbarile pe care le planifica pntru a observa ce impact vor avea asupra Wall Street Journal.

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SigEx Ventures's matrix of properties are quickly becoming leaders in digital telebroadcasting, free content delivery allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, video blogs and SMS. SigEx Ventures invests in projects deploying "free" to add-on royalty revenue models<br><br><font size=2>These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.</font><br>
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US should feel relieved; at least it is not the only one dealing with bankruptcy. Both it and Europe have issues in the airlines sector. American airliners Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. or ATA declared bankruptcy, while Delta and Northwest will merge in order to avoid such a disaster. Meantime, Italy’s Alitalia is also in a difficult position being forced to take measures in order to avoid running out of business. Alitalia is Italy’s flag career airline with 49.9 percent of its shares under the ownership of the Italian government. Since its foundation in 1946 the airliner had only one year of profit and the rest were marked by big time losses as a consequence labour problems and government and political interference. Mostly if it managed to survive until now it is only due to the fresh capital infused by the government and other organizations. Yet, the European Union had forbidden any further help or grants from the part of the Italian government, thus the option remaining is a privatization of the airliner and a lower political ownership. Air France-KLM Group; an investment group led by businessman and lawyer Antonio Baldassare; and a group composed by the Italian domestic carrier Air One and several banks presented their offers in December 2007. On March 2008 the proposal of Air France-KLM Group was accepted, but on Monday, 21 April, Europe's biggest airline announced dropping its bid and justifying it the fact that the demands of Alitalia’s unions are unreasonable and did not respect the initial agreement. Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister starting next month, is against Air France’s takeover considering it as being an insult and unless the terms will not be changed, they would prefer an Italian consortium. Meantime, Alitalia’s situation is not getting better and the cabinet must meet and sort things out and keep on flying. More to come…

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080421/bs_nm/alitalia_dc;_ylt=AhCbw3nrxeueIslSODbF_lqs0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.<br><br><font size=2>These news are brought to you by CantellTV, its technology partner SigEx Telecom and its founder Chris Cantell. CantellTV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with enhanced communications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface. CantellTV has relationships with a growing network of international clients delivering millions of videos per day with more than 50,000 new videos uploaded and 200 hours of new TV shows broadcasted daily to a wide range of viewers, from 5 to 7 year olds of LiveCartoons; to 16 to 24 year old active social users of MyJumps; to fortune 50 corporate clients utilizing enhanced broadcasting services. CantellTV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers. Chris Cantell retains consulting arrangements with several pre-IPO companies.</font><br>

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