HBO Takes 15.7% Stake in Quickflix
Time Warner Inc.’s wholly owned Home Box Office Inc., or HBO, will invest A$10 million in ASX-listed subscription content provider Quickflix via a preferred share placement at a conversion price of 12 cents/share.
FusionIQ’s Ritholtz on Facebook IPO, U.S. Economy
Barry Ritholtz, chief executive officer at FusionIQ, talks about Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering and U.S. weekly jobless claims. Ritholtz speaks with Betty Liu and Dominic Chu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.”
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Why the Fed Trumps Weakening Economy
Here’s my (2nd) Yahoo Finance video from yesterday: > Click for video > First video is here A Housing Bottom Is Nowhere In Sight; there’s a nother in the queue
Changes Afoot At Macquarie
Macquarie Group has appointed Sydney-based Ben Brazil as co-head of its Corporate and Asset Finance Group, or CAF, the company's lending and leasing businesses. The group also announced the appointment of Alex Harvey as chief executive officer of Macquarie Asia.
Australia’s Richest Woman Lifts Fairfax Stake To 12%
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s raid on Fairfax Mediahas gained her almost 12% of Australia’s oldest newspaper publisher, with 152.0 million Australian dollars (US$161.6 million) of shares changing hands early Wednesday.
CNBC: Best Alternative Financial Blogs
Nice list from CNBC’s NetNet Here’s my mention: Barry Ritholtz is another “old school” financial blogger. Often cranky, often funny, and always informative. Stop by daily for the 10 a.m. ET read Here is the full list: 1. DealBreaker 2. Business Insider 3. Zero Hedge 4. The Money Illusion 5. Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis 6....
Insider Trading vs Financial Crisis Prosecution
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Revolt of the Insiders
A few months ago, I did an interview with and took some photos for a piece in January 2012 Money magazine. The scrum of photographer’s crew during the outdoor shots was absurdly hilarious. The full piece has now been published online. It was a privilege to be included in this group: Mutual fund manager John...
Media Appearance: Bloomberg Rewind 8pm
Tonight I will be co-hosting Bloomberg TV’s Rewind with Matt Miller. (Rewind airs at 8pm on Bloomberg TV, 10pm on Sirius/XM Channel 113, or live streaming). What I like about Rewind is the long-form conversation — its not thoughtful and in depth, not focused on the next 15 seconds. I’ve done TV with Matt Miller...
Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool…
…than to open it and remove all doubt. Invictus here. I usually know exactly where I’m going when I sit down to write a post — some numbers tell me a story that I think would be interesting to be share. Not so this time. I’ve wondered often and aloud what it takes these days...
Barry Ritholtz’s Outlook for 2012
Fusion IQ CEO Barry Ritholz discusses the upcoming election year, the outlook for the U.S. economy and what may be in store for Europe in 2012.
This is the full 11 minute video
12/21/2011 1:36:43 PM
Outlook 2012: What’s Next for Europe
Can the European Union be saved? Should it be? Fusion IQ CEO Barry Ritholtz discusses the outlook for 2012 with Paul Vigna.
Dec. 21, 2011
