BNET Mobile for Aug-28-2008 04:29:44

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1. New York Probes Fidelity, Goldman Ties: Sources

News item: By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office is probing the relationship between Fidelity Investments and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) in connection with the broker's sales of auction-rate securities, p......

2. Wall St Rises on Strong U.S. Data, Financials

News item: By Steven C. Johnson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by a rally in financial shares, after surprisingly strong data on durable goods orders soothed some concern about the economy. Energy shares also gained with oil, which rose for ......

3. More Gloom For UK Newspapers, Web Gains Not Offsetting Economy

News item: The outlook for UK news publishers is as gray and overcast as this summer's weather has been, as the latest earnings testify. Johnston Press, the country's second largest regional news company with 300 weekly titles and 323 websites, saw pre-tax profit s......

4. United Therapeutics' 10-Q Suggests Dangerous Over-Reliance on Its Top Product

Blog post: United Therapeutics Corp. derives almost all of its commercial sales from its top product Remodulin, a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension. In 2009, however, the biotechnology company could be drifting into troubled waters. For the six-months en......

5. Livestation launches Mac video player

News item: Live TV platform, Livestation, is launching a Mac version of its video player, featuring an instant messaging service and revamped personalisation tools. The Mac player will be available for free download to registered users, equipped with a new 'visual ......

6. TiVo partners with Time Warner on show recommendations

News item: TiVo is partnering with Time Warner's Entertainment Weekly to let users of its DVR service automatically record shows recommended by the magazine's staff, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Entertainment weekly will update its recommendations every w......

7. Mobile search and ad startup, JumpTap, raises USD26m

News item: US-based mobile search and advertising startup, JumpTap, has raised USD26M in a fourth round of funding. The company has now raised a total of USD72m since it was founded in 2004. AllianceBernstein, which manages approximately USD694bn in global......

8. Samsung teams with Yahoo! and Intel to launch internet TV service

News item: Samsung is set to launch its new InfoLive TV news, finance and weather information service from Yahoo! The South Korean firm is due to announce the roll out at the IFA conference – the world’s biggest consumer electronics fair –......

9. Blog search site Technorati acquires Blogcritics.org

News item: Technorati Media, parent company of Technorati, is acquiring BlogCritics.org for an undisclosed sum. Technorati hopes to integrate BlogCritics into its media division but will keep the site as a separate entity. Established in 2002, BlogCritics ......

10. Oil Firms Begin US Gulf Evacuation on Gustav Threat

News item: By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico began evacuating staff from offshore platforms on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav barreled toward the oil and natural gas-rich region. Forecasters expect the storm to ......