The National Cable and Telecom show is all about the convergence of content, distribution and technology, and today I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at NCTA's annual show that addressed all those issues. Read More
"When all the parties to a transaction are greedy, this is the kind of outcome you can expect," the leader of the Vanguard Group said of the Facebook IPO. Read More
US financial regulators said they plan to review allegations that Morgan Stanley shared negative news about Facebook with institutional investors before the social-networking giant's IPO. Read More
While trading glitches at the Nasdaq on the company’s opening day are widely seen as contributing to the sell-off, the stock’s lingering shortcomings are raising questions about whether or not lead underwriter Morgan Stanley (along with other banks) misgauged the demand, and the price of the deal. Read More
Yahoo has done little to prove that it’s dominant Web portal will be a long-term answer to the growing threat of social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Read More
While Mark Zuckerberg’s daily wealth gyrations may be new, the phenomena of sudden wealth loss is not. It is now part of the world of wealth, where a growing number of personal fortunes are made and lost in the volatile stock market. Read More
“For big company IPOs, what happens in the first two days doesn’t predict what happens over the next six months,” says one expert on stock offerings. Read More
In the run-up to Facebook's spacer $16 billion IPO, Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter on the deal, unexpectedly delivered some negative news to major clients: The bank's consumer Internet analyst, Scott Devitt, reduced his revenue forecasts for the company. Read More
David Zaslav's Discovery Communications is bucking the trend, and proving that content is king. Despite the fact that overall cable ratings are flat and broadcast ratings fell 7 percent last quarter, Discovery grew US ratings 6 percent. Read More