(Reuters) – Actor and comedian Adam Sandler has reached a deal with Netflix Inc to make four new movies for the global streaming service, the company said on Friday. Sandler, a former “Saturday Night Live” cast member who built a career on movies such as “Grow... More »
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it would open a new office in New York’s Manhattan to house its consumer and advertising teams. The office will open in 2021 and accommodate more than 1,500 employees, the company said. In February, Amazon scrapped its... More »
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s anti-trust regulator said on Monday it had given its blessing for German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and U.S. Discovery Inc to expand their joint video streaming platform. The expanded 7TV venture will include content fr... More »
MUNICH (Reuters) – European broadcaster RTL said it was open to cooperation in TV streaming after competitor ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Inc announced plans to build a joint German platform. “We are fundamentally open to cooperation and alliances if they fit ... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – Proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday recommended investors vote against a stock plan for employees at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, concerned about its costs and the bank’s heavy use of stock-based compensation. In a report ... More »
FILE PHOTO – Denver Broncos fans react to a play while watching their team’s NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game against the Seattle Seahawks at the View House bar in Denver, Colorado February 2, 2014. REUTERS/Marc Piscotty (Reuters) – Verizon Communications I... More »
Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N) said on Thursday a deal proposed by an activist investor to take the bookstore chain private was not "bona fide" as its chairman and founder, Leonard Riggio, would not participate and raising the required funds was highly unlikely. More »
A billboard displays the logo of Snapchat above Times Square in New York March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Snap Inc, the secretive technology company that owns the popular messaging service Snapchat, is due to reveal its financials within a week... More »
The ticker symbol for Fitbit is displayed at the post where it is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Wearable fitness device maker Fitbit Inc’s (FIT.N) revenue forecast for the key-holiday shop... More »
BEIJING Colony Capital Inc, the private equity firm founded by U.S. real estate tycoon Thomas Barrack, is scouting cross-border opportunities with Chinese institutional investors, even as growth in the country’s wider economy continues to slow. “It’s the right... More »
At an early 2015 investor conference, SunEdison’s then-chief financial officer, Brian Wuebbels, trumpeted the profit potential in the solar developer’s relationship with a venture it had recently spun off. SunEdison had established TerraForm Power Inc as a “yi... More »
NEW YORK Greenlight Capital said in an SEC filing on Monday that the New York-based firm, run by influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn, has reached no agreement on gaining a board seat at SunEdison Inc. “To date, no understanding has been reached betwee... More »
