Blackstone will reportedly explore opportunities for investment in Martha Stewart or a partnership arrangement. Speculation drove the stock to an early high of $4.68 before easing to trade at $4.47, up $0.70, or 18.57%.
Separately, the company announced that former NBC executive Lisa Gersh will become president and chief operating officer, June 6.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) has jumped out of the gate by nearly 20% on an announcement that the company has hired Blackstone Advisory Partners to explore options that could lead to the sale of the company.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that home prices showed their best year-to-date gains since 2005, up 5.9% through July, signaling the housing market's steady march toward recovery. Also from the Wall Street Journal, IBM (IBM) will increase its efforts to sell so-called cloud computing services...
CEO Marissa Mayer is bringing in some more new blood to Yahoo!, tapping Ken Goldman as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Goldman's appointment will take effect on October 22nd.
Goldman served as CFO at his most recent employer, Fortinet, having worked at Siebel Systems, Sybase,...