Lisa Napoli

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The deal's in the data

May 15, 2007
The financial news giant Reuters has agreed to a merger with its Canadian rival Thomson. The price tag's a bit more than <nobr>$17 billion.</nobr> Lisa Napoli reports.

Putting stock in China

May 15, 2007
Nasdaq is reported to be talking with regulators in China about setting up shop in Beijing. And Amy Scott reports, that may be just the beginning.

Russian-Canadian deal aims at Chrysler

May 10, 2007
A billionaire from Russia's new breed of entrepreneurs is investing heavily in a Canadian auto parts giant, and the ultimate target of the deal may be a buyout of iconic U.S. carmaker Chrysler.

A little frosting on the cake

May 9, 2007
It's the dream of many an entrepreneur:Come up with a product that's so successful, you take it national.There's one of those stories happening right now in Beverly Hills. Lisa Napoli reports.

'A word from our sponsor' on demand

May 8, 2007
ABC and ESPN say they're going to offer some programs to Cox Cable for free, on-demand viewing. But viewers won't be able to skip the ads with their digital video recorders. Lisa Napoli reports.

Directors offer Hollywood a package deal

May 7, 2007
Five Mexican movie directors are shopping themselves in a five-picture, all-or-nothing deal that could fetch $100-million. Lisa Napoli reports.

Reuters joins Dow Jones as takeover target

May 4, 2007
Thomson Corp. makes an offer to buy the London-based news service, in the same week that News Corp approached the Wall Street Journal's owner. Lisa Napoli explains why news is so hot.

The movie theater lives!

May 4, 2007
Doomsayers have been prognosticating the end for movie theaters for years now. But even in an age of DVDs and Internet video, they're selling more tickets than ever &mdash; and now some are taking the business public. Lisa Napoli looks behind the curtain.

Smaller purchases are going on the card

May 2, 2007
MasterCard says its quarterly profits jumped 70% over this time last year. Cardholders used the plastic 16% more, spending $509 billion. What about that predicted slide in consumer spending? Lisa Napoli reports.

Paying to put education in the campaign

Apr 25, 2007
Two of this country's biggest philanthropists are promising $60 million to get education reform on the political agenda for 2008. Lisa Napoli reports.