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Apple Posts Earnings, Denies Bid for Universal

Posted by pudge on from the music-over-my-head dept.

Lars T. writes "A number of things: Apple posts Q2 results, and denies it bid for Universial Music. Now a Register article quotes a Reuters article that 'Vivendi Universal director Claude Bebear didn't express his views on the merger talks between Vivendi's Universal Music Group (UMG) and Apple,' which was the claim of the Bloomberg article. Now who needs General Hospital?"

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  1. Profit! by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Every quarter that Apple posts a profit is just another nail in the coffin of that dying company.

    Oh wait..

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  2. My mistake by Carbonite · · Score: 5, Funny

    I glanced at the headline and thought it said "Apple Posts Earnings, Denies Bid for Universe". Then I realized I read it incorrectly, the article was about Apple, not Microsoft.

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  3. Re:Definate rumor by EyeSavedLatin · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not what I heard at all. I have a friend who works at an Apple store. And she said they got a new shipment of boxes... Big boxes! And they don't know what's inside! Her other friend there who knnows the regional manager said it was Universal Music. So there!

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  4. Re:in other news by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 4, Funny
    I wonder what how the stock of vivendi and apple changed after the LA times announced the alleged talks of apple's plan to purchase vivendi...Seems like a pretty big announcement to simply be a rumor.

    Well, the stock took a big dip when the LA Times article broke, and now that it has been debunked by Jobs... they took another hit.

    Thus proving that Apple really is the bastard child of stocks, as one poster pointed out in the original thread. Also, on a more personal note, it asserts my long-running suspicion that the stock market is... i had a technical term for this, what was it... oh, yes. Fucked in the head.

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  5. April's Fool Joke by RussHart · · Score: 4, Funny

    Take a look in whois for appleuniversal.com, and find This

    Hahahah!!! Tricked You!!!
    April Fools
    Tricked You!, HA HA HA HAHAHA
    US
    Domain Name: APPLEUNIVERSAL.COM

    Has on-one else noticed this?