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Cablevision spinning off MSG by end of 2009

Cablevision chairman and CEO James L. Dolan confirmed that a Madison Square Garden spinoff will happen by the end of the year.


Enfamil IPO to make Bristol-Myers easier to swallow?

As rival pharmaceutical companies begin to pair up, Bristol-Myers Squibb prepares to unload its children's nutrition unit Mead Johnson.


Analyst: Redstone should take Viacom private

With Viacom Inc.'s stock languishing at roughly the same price it fetched two years ago, Richard Greenfield of Pali Capital Inc. urged in a Wednesday note that Sumner Redstone "put investors out of their misery" by taking the media house private....


Foster's is Australian for beer, but maybe not wine

As Australian beverage company Foster's Group Ltd. considers strategic alternatives for its wine business, Credit Suisse Group analyst Larry Gandler suggests in a Thursday note that a spinoff would be more productive than a sale. ...


Time Warner's machinations

Time Warner Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. finally agreed to split the companies. If you ever wonder why it took Time Warner so long to complete the spinoff it began in 2007, when 16% of the cable unit was floated on the New York Stock Exchange, then take a look at the complex machinations of this deal....



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