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Barnes & Noble Shares Gain after Pearson Makes Strategic Investment in Nook Media (BKS, PSO)

Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS), a content, commerce and technology company that provides consumers access to books, rose sharply in trading on Friday after the company announced that Pearson (NYSE: PSO) agreed to make a strategic investment in Nook Media LLC.

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Major Movers on December 24; TRIP, AUO, AMZN, MSFT, FB, UTX

Shares of TripAdvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP), an online travel research company enabling users to plan and have a trip, are gaining in trading today. At last check, TRIP shares were trading 1.93% higher at $42.78 on volume of 294,007. The stock hit an intra-day high of $44.10 before paring some of its gains. Despite today’s [...]

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Carl Icahn Acquires Stake in Netflix (NFLX)

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has acquired 10% stake in Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), according to a regulatory filing made on Wednesday.

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Major Gainers and Losers in Early Trading on October 19; MCD, MAN, MSFT, SNDK

Shares of McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD), a global restaurant company, are down sharply in early trading today. At last check, MCD shares were trading 3.19% lower at $89.90 on volume of 1.70 million. The stock touched an intra-day low of $89.72.

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Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Yammer (MSFT)

Software giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reached an agreement to acquire Yammer Inc., an online social network firm.

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Microsoft Announces Quarterly Dividend (MSFT)

Technology giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), this week, announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share. The dividend will be payable on September 13, 2012 to shareholders of record on August 16, 2012.

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Dolby Laboratories Shares Surge on Q2 Results (DLB)

Shares of Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB), the San Francisco, California-based developer of products and technologies that are used in the entertainment industry, surged on Friday after the company reported its second-quarter financial results and signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the use of its products in Windows 8 operating system.

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Big Mover; Barnes & Noble Surges on Microsoft Investment (BKS, MSFT)

Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS), a content, commerce and technology company providing customers access to books, magazines, newspapers and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform, are surging today after technology giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) said that it will make a $300 million investment in the company’s Nook e-reader.

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