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U.S. Morning Call: Netflix may tie-up with cable, Apple sued

Wednesday, March 07, 2012 - 02:23

Mar. 7 - Sources tell Reuters exclusively that Netflix is in talks with cable companies to discuss adding the streaming service to their lineups, and Samsung files a fresh lawsuit against Apple in S.Korea.

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Here's your morning -- it is Wednesday Netflix is making nice with the cable sources Howard is exclusively CEO Reed Hastings has met with some of the largest cable companies. To discuss adding streaming service to their line. And it talks could -- Netflix becoming -- -- on demand option for cable subscribers available through their set top box. At least one cable operator and experiment with offering a service by the end of the year said one source. It would marking major shipping industry which is -- Netflix as a competitor shares of Netflix up about 3% in the premarket. Well like President Obama feeling some thunder from his Republican rivals by holding a news conference on Super Tuesday. Samsung is suing apple again on the day it's expected to roll out its newest iPad. Samsung -- cases South Korea claiming iPhone four -- an iPad you infringed on three patents. The suit involves methods of displaying data and short text messages. In another potential problem for apple Wall Street Journal reports creditors of -- you technologies which sued apple claiming rights iPad -- in China. Say they -- -- term. And now the company. Dick Fuld is probably smiling somewhere today Lehman Brothers has emerged from bankruptcy. The former Wall Street powerhouse now just liquidating company whose main business is paying back its creditors and investors. It will start distributing about 65 billion and then next month. They we're seeking more than 300 million dollars Lehman collapse since September 2008 at height of the financial crisis. Well lenient -- out of bankruptcy Nassau county New York is trying to avoid it. County executives think their fiscal emergency after it independent task force found it would have a deficit of more than three million dollars and twenty that are keen. And it gives him more financial powers. It could violent three point seven trillion dollar municipal bond market already dealing with the bankruptcy. Jefferson County Alabama and potential bankruptcies in municipalities across the country. And Mitt Romney comes the way the winner on Super Tuesday but not without sustaining several. -- it was a battle all night in Ohio with his chief rival Rick Santorum. Romney coming out on top by a 1% margin Romney also -- new England and Alaska. And -- an expert in Oklahoma Tennessee and North Dakota. On the Gingrich won his home state of -- That's running on this Wednesday on Rogers this is where it doesn't matter.