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Barnes & Noble Surges on Microsoft Report as Broader Market Takes Breather

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. markets opened down Thursday despite a report that Microsoft may buy Nook Media LLC, its digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble . Barnes & Noble was soaring 26.45% to $22.45 after TechCrunch reported that Microsoft is offering to buy Nook for $1 billion. TechCrunch cited internal documents obtained by the...

thestreet.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

Barnes & Noble shares soar on Microsoft report

By Phil Wahba and Ben Berkowitz (Reuters) - Shares in Barnes & Noble Inc soared 22 percent on Thursday after a report that Microsoft Corp is considering an offer to acquire the tablet and e-book business of B&N's Nook Media unit. The technology website TechCrunch reported that Microsoft, which already owns a 17 percent stake in Nook Media, was proposing a $1 billion...

yahoo.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

Barnes & Noble shares soar on Microsoft report

(Reuters) - Shares in Barnes & Noble Inc rose 27 percent in premarket trading on Thursday after a report that its partner Microsoft Corp is considering an offer to acquire all of Nook Media's digital assets.

reuters.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion

According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture.According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. The deal would...

latimes.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

Microsoft's New Tablet?

May 9 (Reuters) - Shares in Barnes & Noble Inc rose 32 percent in premarket trading on Thursday after a report that its partner Microsoft Corp is considering an offer to acquire all of Nook Media's digital assets. Microsoft already owns a substantial stake in the business, but the technology industry website TechCrunch reported the company was proposing a $1 billion...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

Microsoft Bidding for Barnes and Noble's Nook?

Morning Business Memo… Shares of Barnes & Noble (BKS) soared 24 percent after a report from TechCrunch that Microsoft (MSFT) is considering a bid for the retailer’s Nook e-book business. According to internal documents cited by the website, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the...

abcnews.com (1 month and 9 days ago)

Barnes & Noble May Back Away from Tablets

Barnes & Noble is reportedly rethinking its Nook tablet business, and may focus more on licensing content to other hardware makers. Leslie Kaufman of the New York Times reported the story, citing an unnamed source: “They are not completely getting out of the hardware business, but they are going to lean a lot more on the comprehensive digital catalog of content,” said...

time.com (3 months and 24 days ago)

Microsoft Isn't Buying Barnes & Noble

Filed under: Investing Barron's stirred up an interesting notion over the weekend. Since Microsoft already shelled out $300 million for a 17.6% stake in Barnes & Noble's college bookstore and Nook business last year, and Barnes & Noble's founder wants to take the company's namesake book retailing business private, why doesn't Mr. Softy just snap up the entire...

dailyfinance.com (3 months and 17 days ago)

Apple And Amazon Should Rejoice As Microsoft Morbidly Embraces Nook

TechCrunch reports that Microsoft may spend $1 billion to buy Nook outright from Barnes & Noble. In the pre-market Barnes & Noble stock moved up as much as 30% and was still higher by nearly 20% on the day in the afternoon. Microsoft has an existing investment in Nook of about one-sixth of the enterprise.

forbes.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

What could Microsoft gain from buying Nook?

More than a year ago, Microsoft invested $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s plan to spin-off its Nook business. At the time, the deal promised a few tablet-centric possibilities. Would Nook tablets dump Android in favor of Windows? Would the Nook catalog be part of an entertainment-centric device like the still-mythical Xbox Surface? Twelve months later, all Microsoft has...

pcworld.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

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