Backlash follows Netflix hikeSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:08PMSAN JOSE, Calif. -- In the span of several days, Netflix Inc. seems to have transformed itself from one of the best-loved companies to one of the most hated -- at least among thousands of its customers. After the Los Gatos, Calif.-based DVD and streaming video company announced Tuesday it was raising rates as much as 60 percent, tens of thousands of disgruntled subscribers flooded social ...
WSJ publisher quits in phone-hacking scandalFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:53AMRupert Murdoch accepted the resignations of The Wall Street Journal's publisher and the chief of his British operations on Friday as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal, offering apologies to the public and the family of a murdered schoolgirl.
Executive Who Ran Murdoch Unit at Time of Hacking QuitsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:07AMLes Hinton, who led Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper subsidiary during the period in which phone hacking occurred, joined Rebekah Brooks, the current chief of that unit, in resigning on Friday.
Why You Should Experience fmx/08 This YearFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:15AMConsidering the lousy state of the dollar and air travel, I'd think twice about attending any European conference. It comes down to a personal cost-benefit analysis and you must weigh a lot of personal factors. There is one Euro-conference I am going to -- fmx/08, and for good reason.
James Murdoch's role as BSkyB chairman raises investors' concernsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:57AMUnease over whether Murdoch's position is tenable while the News International phone hacking investigations take place Concerns are surfacing in the City about James Murdoch's role as chairman of BSkyB, as investors consider the implications of the phone hacking scandal on his position at the satellite broadcaster. Informal conversations are understood to have taken place among institutional ...
BSkyB 'bloodbath' hits hedge fundsThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:59PMBets made on successful News Corporation bid result in hefty losses as BSkyB's market value falls by £2.6bn in 10 days Hedge funds have suffered one of their worst setbacks in years, losing tens of millions of pounds by betting that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation was on the verge of taking full control of BSkyB. Short-term speculators expected to make a killing by investing in a company ...
Haze blankets Malaysia’s skiesTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:06AMKuala Lumpur - Malaysia's department of environment on Tuesday urged the public to refrain from “unnecessary outdoor activities” as dusty haze chocked most parts of the country.
Local Artist Profile: Chris Bergquist FulmerMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:17PMDallas artist and North Lake College art professor Chris Bergquist Fulmer’s inspiring mixed media artwork is currently on view at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center through July 30.
News, brieflyMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:07AMSee what's happening in and around Duxbury.