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Circuit City Opens Door To Blockbuster; Icahn May Buy Chain Himself - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 May 2008 06:20 AM PST

The awkward pairing of Circuit City and Blockbuster is past the spitball phase and into the handholding phase. The struggling electronics giant says it will allow Blockbuster and its investor…

Circuit City Shareholder Launches Proxy Fight; Slams Blockbuster Rejection - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Apr 2008 04:19 PM PST

Circuit City has another mess to deal with. In addition to fending off Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), it now has a proxy fight on its hand. Wattles Capital Management, a 6.5…

Blockbuster-Circuit City: Analysts Skeptical; Netflix Could Be Winner - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Apr 2008 01:10 PM PST

A day after Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) announced its bid for Circuit City, analysts and the investors are still scratching their heads. After losing about 13 percent yesterday, Blockbuster shares are…

Circuit City: Haven’t We Seen This Before? - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 06:53 AM PST

Throughout its conference call explaining the deal, Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) CEO Jim Keyes touted the opportunity for Circuit City to sell media services as an add-on to its traditional sales,…

Blockbuster Seeks To Acquire Circuit City; At Least 54 Percent Premium - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 02:56 AM PST

Depending on how you look at it, they’re either doubling down on brick and mortar or waving the white flag on their core business… Video rental chain Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI)…