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  • Earnings Buzz: What to Watch in the Week Ahead

    Earnings season is shifting into high gear in the final week of January, with six Dow Jones components, and more than a fifth of the S&P 500 companies reporting.

  • Early Movers: DD, VZ, TRV & More

    Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

  • Signage is displayed on the CBS Corp. Television City building in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    CBS Shares Pop on Real Estate Trust Conversion Plan

    CBS' stock rocketed on Thursday, as investors applauded the media company's move to convert its outdoor advertising business to a real estate investment trust, while divesting itself of its international portfolio.

  • From left, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
    ‘South Park’ Creators to Start Company, Important Studios

    Taking after the Gnomes on the animated series who ardently practice American capitalism, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have wooed investors and raised money to form their own production studio, which they plan to announce on Monday. The NYT reports.

  • Early Movers: ZIP, WYNN, MT & More

    Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

  • Secret Santa for Stock Pickers

    The Street.com reports on stocks you might consider as presents under your virtual Christmas tree.

  • Discovery Communications
    Discovery Finding ‘Supercharged’ Growth Overseas: CEO

    Discovery Communications is planning to buy SBS Nordic and take a 20 percent of Eurosport Group as it sees better growth opportunities outside the U.S., CEO David Zaslav told CNBC.

  • Why Netflix Soared After Coinstar's Redbox Announcement

    On Wednesday, Coinstar revealed details of its Redbox movie-streaming service. The direct attack on Netflix sent Coinstar up as much as 4 percent, while Netflix shares traded nearly 8 percent higher.

  • 'Twilight' Does It Again: A Record-Breaking Final Bow
    'Twilight' Shines in Third Box Office Win

    "Twilight" sucked more money out of theaters over the weekend with $17.4 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales.

  • Time Warner Earnings Beat Expectations
    Is It Time to Consider Time Warner?

    Media conglomerate Time Warner continues to be one of those names on Wall Street that seem to always fly under the radar. Remarkably, this is despite the company's recent string of market-beating performances. TheStreet.com reports.

  • Buffett: 'No Question' Global Economy Is Slowing
    Buffett's Berkshire Sells Most of J&J and GE Stakes

    Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has eliminated almost all of its stakes in Johnson & Johnson and General Electric.

  • ABC raises $16.8 mln, MTV to hold fundraiser for NJ shore

    LOS ANGELES, Nov 6- A ``Day of Giving'' across ABC television networks raised more than $16.8 million for victims of Hurricane Sandy, ABC said on Tuesday. During the event, which aired on Radio Disney, ABC Family, ESPN and other units of the Disney/ ABC group, viewers were encouraged to donate to the American Red Cross.

  • UPDATE 1-Viacom dispute hurts DirecTV in third quarter

    *DirecTV says July dispute with Viacom increased Q3 churn. Nov 6- Satellite TV provider DirecTV saw more U.S. subscribers than expected cancel in the quarter due to a programming dispute with Viacom that blacked out channels such as Nickelodeon and MTV for nine days in July.

  • UPDATE 1-'Wreck-It Ralph' hammers box office, sails over 'Flight'

    LOS ANGELES, Nov 4- ``Wreck-It Ralph,'' Disney's animated film about a videogame character who destroys everything in his path, scored the highest-grossing opening weekend in Disney animation history with $49.1 million, as box office attendance picked up in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.

  • 'Wreck-It Ralph' crushes box office competitors

    The tally for ``Wreck-It-Ralph, which featured the voices of John C. Reilly and Jane Lynch, hammered the Denzel Washington film'' Flight, `` which generated ticket sales of $25 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates. Walt Disney Co released'' Wreck-It Ralph. ``'' Flight`` was distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.

  • CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-U.S. companies hustle to re-staff, reopen after Sandy

    *Home Depot reopens 33 stores. At Home Depot, one of the biggest challenges during the height of the storm was constantly rerouting trucks filled with supplies as local officials ordered roads closed, said Doug Spiron, Emergency Response Captain at the No. 1 home improvement chain's command center. At the peak on Monday, 44 Home Depot stores were closed.

  • 'Argo' finally tops box office with $12.4M

    The Warner Bros. thriller from director and star Ben Affleck, inspired by the real-life rescue of six U.S. embassy workers during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, made nearly $12.4 million this weekend, according to Sunday studio estimates. "

  • *MTV devoting platform to Obama interview Friday
  • UPDATE 2-Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin to step down

    *Karmazin to step down on Feb. 1, 2013. Oct 23- Sirius XM Radio Inc Chief Executive Mel Karmazin will step down in February, a move that comes at a time when media mogul John Malone's Liberty Media Corp is trying to wrest full control of the satellite radio broadcaster.

  • CBS chief Moonves gets another signing bonus

    NEW YORK-- Two years after granting CEO Leslie Moonves a bundle of stock options as a bonus for signing a long-term contract, CBS Corp. is giving him another signing bonus worth $22 million after extending his contract through the middle of 2017..