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• Failure of Focus Media Takeover Good and Bad for SINA

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-30

  Zacks.com submits: SINA Corporation SINA said that it has dropped plans for acquiring Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN due to the delay in approval from China's Ministry of Commerce regarding antitrust issues. The companies have decided not to extend the deadline of the agreement. In order to provide...

  Tags: Internet, China, Zacks.com, Focus Media Holding Ltd., Sina Corp.

• Sina Cancels Agreement To Buy Focus Media Assets For $1 Billion

  PaidContent - 2009-09-28

  Ten months after agreeing to purchase some assets from Focus Media (NSDQ: FMCN), including the company’s digital out-of-home ad network, for $1 billion, Chinese portal SINA says it’s calling off the deal, which hadn’t gotten the go ahead from Chinese authorities. “The delayed consummation of the transaction has negatively...

  Tags: Asset, Media, Sina Corp., Agreement, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Asia, China, Joseph Tartakoff

• SINA Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-01

  SINA Corporation SINA Q2 2009 Earnings Call August 31, 2009 9:00 pm ET

  Tags: China, Sina Corp.

• Sina Q2 Preview: Focus Media Acquisition by Year End

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-30

  Third Party Feed: Media Tech Analyst submits: Sina SINA will report second quarter earnings on Monday, August 31st after the market close. Consensus expectations are for revenues of $88 million (-3% y/y and +20% q/q) and pro forma EPS of $0.30. Display revenues are expected to decline 12%...

  Tags: Media, US Market, China, Media Tech Analyst, Sina Corp.

• An Opportunity to Profit from Focus Media / Sina Transaction

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-06-22

  Zachary Scheidt submits: Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN has been devastated by the recent economic downturn. In late 2007, the stock topped out above $65 per share, but currently trades at roughly $7.50 - down roughly 88% from its former glory. The Chinese advertising company spent...

  Tags: Media, Internet, China, Zachary Scheidt, Sina Corp.

• Sina.com: China?s Largest Internet Portal Breaks Out

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-06-02

  Tate Dwinnell submits: Sina.com SINA is China’s largest internet portal with over 200 million registered users across not only China but Taiwan, Hong Kong, North America. The company continues to post outstanding growth each quarter despite a slumping global economy and beginning to tap into the trend of...

  Tags: China, Tate Dwinnell, Sina Corp.

• There's Still Hope for Focus Media After Sina Acquisition

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-24

  Joel Backaler submits: Like many others I couldn’t resist having high expectations for Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN. For the first two and half years after its IPO I watched its stock price soar, but over the past year I also witnessed its value decline 81%. Is there hope for...

  Tags: Internet, China, Joel Backaler, Sina Corp.

• Sina Can't Catch a Break, Even After Focus Media Deal

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-23

  Kirk Shinkle submits: Remember Chinese Internet stocks? Think back on the heady days of 2007 when companies like Baidu BIDU were being heralded as the Google GOOG of the East... Obviously, that was before the crash and even though Chinese shares suffered some of the worst damage of all...

  Tags: Internet, China, Kirk Shinkle, Sina Corp.

• SINA Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-12

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Jason Brueschke with Citigroup. Please proceed with your question. Jason Brueschke – Citigroup Thank you. Good morning Charles, Herman and Cathy, and congratulations on the quarter. My first question, maybe I’ll just key off at...

  Tags: China, Advertisement, M&A, Sina Corp., Call Transcript, Earnings, Citigroup Inc., Question, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Networking, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Seeking Alpha

• Buying Sina Ahead of Earnings

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-11

  eChristian Investing submits: Sina SINA is scheduled to report third quarter 2008 results after the market closes on Wednesday, November 12. Based on our analysis, we at eChristianInvesting are expecting SINA to report better than expected results that beat Wall Street’s consensus expectations.Analyst Expectations We are forecasting revenues of $105.1...

  Tags: Revenue, Sina Corp., Earnings, Seeking Alpha, eChristian Investing, Operational Accounting, Finance, China