Time Warner's 2-for-1 split sends stock soaring
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Time Warner has experienced an increase in its share price after it declared a 2-for-1 stock split, effective on Dec. 15, 1998, and received an investment grade debt rating from Standard and Poor's. The stock reached $106, the marking the first time that it closed at more than $100. The biggest beneficiary of the increase is Ted Turner, who owns around 10% of the company's shares. Investors look favorably at the company's TV hits, such as ER and Friends; the growth in its cable systems; a renewal of music sales; and the increase in advertising and circulation of its magazines.
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Experiences increase in share price after it declared 2-for-1 stock split, effective on Dec. 15, 1998
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1998
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CNNfn leads Time Warner's charge to Internet
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Time Warner, encouraged by the success of its Internet venture called CNNfn, is hoping to create five different sites that can be tied-up with services, such as e-mail and a search engine. The five sites, which will be named in a month or so, will provide features taken from Time Warner magazines, cable channels and entertainment such as sports and news. According to Sanford C. Berstein's Tom Wolzien, if the strategy will succeed, Time Warner could increase its cash flow in five years by as much as 20%.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1999
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