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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?"

3 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Comical Ali told me... by freedommatters · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Comical Ali (aka Baghdad Bob) told me that Steve Jobs was to make a bid for Walmart and turn it into a sci-fi museum dedicated to the Commodore Plus 4...

    You can send your own lies to your friends with Your Comical Ali

    --
    All I Want For Christmas Is My Constitutional Rights
  2. Re:Profit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But other computer companies are posting losses, so any profit is good. I think it's 14 times now analysts have said apple is going to go bankrupt.. I'm waiting... 4.5 billion in cash might help... we'll wait and see.

  3. Two Words by repetty · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "...and [Apple] denies it bid for Universial Music."

    Two words: trial balloon.

    The result: it didn't float.

    --Richard