Comcast Corp. rose$. 71 or 1.7 percent, to $42.23. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 29 or. 4 percent, to $65.83. Gannett fell$. 21 or 1.0 percent, to $21.54.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share on Tuesday under pressure from activist shareholders, but the new bid failed to impress several big investors.
Comcast Corp. rose$. 54 or 1.3 percent, to $42.06. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 16 or. 2 percent, to $65.96. Gannett fell$. 14 or. 6 percent, to $21.62.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share, but the new bid was not high enough to impress some investors. Clearwire shares almost immediately traded around the new offer price, having consistently traded well above the old $2.97- per-share bid.
Comcast Corp. rose$. 29 or. 7 percent, to $41.81. New York Times Co. rose$. 07 or. 7 percent, to $10.09. News Corp. rose$. 07 or. 2 percent, to $33.24.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share, though some investors and analysts said the new bid was still not enough to overcome staunch opposition. Sprint's revised bid values Clearwire at $10.7 billion.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp said on Tuesday it raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp 14 percent to $3.40 per share, just hours before shareholders were set to vote on the company's original offer.
Comcast Corp. fell $1.12 or 2.6 percent, to $41.52. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 46 or. 7 percent, to $66.12. Gannett rose$. 19 or. 9 percent, to $21.75.
May 20- Deborah Turness, a former top TV news editor in Britain, will take over as NBC News president in August, at a time when it is looking to turn around the fortunes of its news division. NBC is owned by Comcast Corp..
Comcast Corp. fell$. 80 or 1.9 percent, to $41.84. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 22 or. 3 percent, to $66.36. Gannett rose$. 16 or. 7 percent, to $21.72.
Comcast Corp. fell$. 51 or 1.2 percent, to $42.13. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $66.47. Gannett rose$. 24 or 1.1 percent, to $21.80.
Comcast Corp. fell$. 23 or. 5 percent, to $42.64. Walt Disney Co. rose$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $66.58. Gannett rose$. 73 or 3.5 percent, to $21.56.
Comcast Corp. fell$. 54 or 1.3 percent, to $42.33. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 60 or. 9 percent, to $65.88. Gannett rose$. 60 or 2.9 percent, to $21.43.
Comcast Corp. fell$. 31 or. 7 percent, to $42.56. Walt Disney Co. fell$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $66.36. Gannett rose$. 37 or 1.8 percent, to $21.20.
Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. lives on, but "The Office" has closed shop. The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run. NBC had stayed mum on whether Carell, the star of "The Office" until his departure two seasons ago, would be in the finale or not.
NEW YORK-- Two reasons for the popularity of the USA series "Psych" are its inside jokes and theme storylines, like the recent 100th episode inspired by the movie "Clue" that had multiple endings.
*Clearwire shareholders to vote on Sprint buyout May 21. NEW YORK, May 17- Minority shareholders of Clearwire Corp are expected to vote down a buyout offer from Sprint Nextel Corp next week and force the No.3 U.S. wireless company to cough up more cash for control of Clearwire's valuable spectrum.