The buyout offer is expected to close in June, when Indigo will be removed from Toronto's stock market, the company going private. The post Canada’s Indigo Bookstore Chain Agrees to a Buyout Offer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-03 21:44:05 UTC ]
Vivendi plans to separate into four companies, including an as-yet-unnamed publishing company that would include its nearly 57.3% majority stake in Lagardère, the parent company of Hachette Livre. The company would be listed on the stock market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh Evening News and Yorkshire Evening Post owner is ‘possible participant’ in sale, despite strike ballot and staff exodusA local newspaper publisher facing a staff exodus and a strike ballot over low pay has announced it is considering a bid for the Daily Telegraph.National World, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-10 12:57:44 UTC ]
As if multipledocumentaries, podcasts and books weren't enough to tell the tale of last year's GameStop stock squeeze, a feature film about the saga is in the works. Seth Rogen (aka Donkey Kong), Pete Davidson, Sebastian Stan and Paul Dano will star in Dumb Money, which starts filming this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-09-02 14:25:50 UTC ]
A tough year for the stock market got worse in April, leading the Publishers Weekly Stock Index, now down to only six companies, to drop 8.8%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
There’s no bigger global news story right now than the slow but intractable spread of coronavirus, which has been hobbling the normal ebb and flow of everything from the stock market to cruises, theme parks and tourism. The virus has affected the publishing industry as well, and there’s perhaps... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-26 17:39:37 UTC ]
Discount retailer The Works is reportedly planning to enter the stock market with a £100m listing giving its private equity owners and management a £36.7m payout. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
May was a quiet month for both the stock market and the Publishers Weekly Stock Index. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although the stock market went through some wild gyrations in April, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the month only 2.5% higher than the start of April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Education giant plans sale of stake in Penguin Random House to Bertelsmann as it cuts payout to shareholdersAlmost £2bn was wiped from the stock market value of Pearson after the beleaguered FTSE 100 company issued profit warnings for the next two years and said it would cut its payout to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a boom year for the stock market, which included a 13.4% gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 11%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite another year of strong gains for the stock market, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 13.6% in 2014 (relative to 2013), as only five of the 13 companies on the PWSI had an increase in their share price. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 'The Escape Artists' by Noam Scheiber and 'Confidence Men' by Ron Suskind, President Obama's economic recovery plan and his advisors are in the spotlight, but the books' analyses are off the mark in places.On Oct. 28 and 29, 1929, when the great crash devastated the stock market, Herbert... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]