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Clear Channel
An agreement to press ahead with the Clear Channel buy-out would at least leave all sides less badly burned than they might be after unleashing the lawyers to fight it out in the Lone Star State
HP wants EDS
Hewlett Packard will find it hard convincing its own shareholders that it can successfully integrate a different business and that it is worth paying a premium in order to try
Outwardly mobile
There are obvious reasons why South Africa’s second largest mobile phone operator would welcome interest from Vodafone. But the UK operator has good reasons to hold back
Grand Theft Auto
Let’s hear it for violence and mayhem. Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest instalment of the videogame franchise published by New York-based Take-Two, racked up sales of $500m this week after seven days on release – more than double the record weekly take for any movie
Sprint and Clearwire
A “who’s who” list of top US technology and media companies are joining forces to funnel $3.2bn into Clearwire, an ambitious next-generation wireless network venture
Thomson Reuters
No, the data feed isn’t broken. The London-listed shares of Thomson Reuters, the information provider which merged last month, continue to trade at a huge discount to those listed in Toronto
Bharti and MTN
If MTN is devoted to shareholder value it should only accept a bid for all of its shares and no doubt several global operators would be happy to oblige
DT eyes Sprint
Received wisdom in the telecoms sector is that big western operators should buy sexy emerging market companies. So how about buying a big, mature and shoddily run operator in the world’s biggest economy just as it flirts with recession?
Jerry and Steve
Jerry Yang, chief executive of Yahoo, and his counterpart at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, have been treated to the market’s initial reaction to the collapse of takeover talks. So who is now under more pressure?
Hong Kong movies
Hong Kong movies have fallen on hard times. In the glory days of the 1980s and early 1990s, more than 200 movies were churned out annually. Last year, just 50 were produced
