Archive for December, 2005

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Sprint Nextel pays $6.5bn for shares in affiliate (Financial Times)
Sprint Nextel , the third-largest US mobile carrier, agreed to pay $6.5bn to buy the shares in Nextel Partners, its biggest affiliate, that it does not already own. The agreement, based on a price of $28.50-a-share, ends months of arguments over the ‘put’ option price.
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:31:45 GMT

Sprint-Nextel to buy affiliate for $6.5 billion (MSNBC)
Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it would buy Nextel Partners Inc. in a deal valued at $6.5 billion, or $28.50 per share, settling a legal battle with its largest affiliate.
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:38:01 GMT

Midday Business Report: Sprint to buy biggest affiliate for $6.5 billion (Kansas City Star)
Sprint today agreed to purchase outstanding shares Nextel Partners , its largest and most contentious affiliate, for $6.5 billion.
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:30:26 GMT

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Affiliate Summit Exhibit Hall Passes Sold Out (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Berkeley Heights, NJ (PRWEB) December 19, 2005 — The Affiliate Summit 2006 ( http://www.affiliatesummit.com ) exhibit hall passes are all gone. Organizers expect the full conference passes to sell out as early as December 20, 2005.
Publ.Date : Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Japanese Web Site to Offer Video for Sale (New York Times)
The Softbank Corporation and its affiliate, Yahoo Japan Corporation, are offering 100,000 movies and video clips on a Web site.
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:18:25 GMT

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Sprint Nextel Buys Another Affiliate (InternetNews.com)
Acquisition of Enterprise Communications brings another lawsuit-filing affiliate into the Sprint Nextel fold.
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:32:02 GMT

Sprint buys affiliate, more spectrum for $100M (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Sprint Nextel, still negotiating its acquisition of Nextel Partners, will put another affiliate in its pocket.
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:38:29 GMT

Anglo Philippine Holdings gets 60M shares of Atlas Mining (INQ7money.net)
ANGLO Philippine Holdings Corp. affiliate Alakor Corp. had transferred 60 million shares of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. at 6 pesos each to Anglo as debt payment.
Publ.Date : Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:21:30 GMT

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Sprint buys affiliate, more spectrum for $100M (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Sprint Nextel, still negotiating its acquisition of Nextel Partners, will put another affiliate in its pocket.
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:38:29 GMT

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Sprint buys affiliate, more spectrum for $100M (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Sprint Nextel, still negotiating its acquisition of Nextel Partners, will put another affiliate in its pocket.
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:38:29 GMT

Sprint Nextel will buy affiliate, licenses for $100M (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Sprint Nextel Corp. will buy wireless affiliate Enterprise Communications Partnership for about $98 million, including debt assumption.
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:08:10 GMT

Friday, December 16th, 2005

Coyotes recall goaltender Boucher, winger Gainey from AHL affiliate (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
GLENDALE, Ariz. (CP) - The Phoenix Coyotes recalled goaltender Brian Boucher and forward Steve Gainey on Thursday from the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League.
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:32:00 GMT

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

NHL notebook (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
VANCOUVER (CP) - The Vancouver Canucks recalled goalie Maxime Ouellet from their AHL affiliate in Manitoba on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:51:00 GMT

INDIA'S ZENSAR ACQUIRES US-BASED OBT GLOBAL AND INDIAN AFFILIATE (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)
India / Nepal Global IT and BPO services firm Zensar Technologies Limited (BSE:504067) has acquired a US-based SAP services provider OBT Global Inc and its offshore affiliate OBT Global Pvt Ltd India in an all cash transaction to further its plans of faraying in the SAP market.
Publ.Date : Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:40:55 GMT

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Hurricanes sent Zigomanis to AHL affiliate (Myrtle Beach Online)
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes reassigned forward Mike Zigomanis to Lowell of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. In 19 games this season, he has one goal and two penalty minutes. Zigomanis holds franchise records at Lowell in games (254), goals (77), assists (114) and points (191).
Publ.Date : Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:37:19 GMT

India's Zensar Acquires US-Based OBT Global And Indian Affiliate (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Global IT and BPO services firm Zensar Technologies Limited (BSE:504067) has acquired a US-based SAP services provider OBT Global Inc and its offshore affiliate OBT Global Pvt Ltd India in an all cash transaction to further its plans of faraying in the SAP market.
Publ.Date : Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:40:55 GMT

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

The PR Collective's New York Affiliate Connects With K'NEX (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
One of The PR Collective's Affiliates in New York, Child's Play Communications, has added K'NEX Industries Inc. to the agency's roster of clients.
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:33:00 GMT

Monday, December 12th, 2005

WGTD show to feature retiring Gateway president (Journal Times Online)
KENOSHA - WGTD (91.1 FM) is owned and operated as a public service of Gateway Technical College and is an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio. "The Morning Show" airs every weekday between 8:10 and 9 a.m.
Publ.Date : Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:16:00 GMT

A New Ceiling for the Plaza, but It Has Plenty of History (New York Times)
The latest renovation at the Plaza Hotel will recreate the stained-glass ceiling that originally floated under the skylight in the Palm Court.
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:15:52 GMT