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Nielsen Will Grow As It Develops Digital Tracking Systems
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Nielsen Announces Pricing of Secondary Common Stock Offering

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Nielsen Announces Secondary Offering of Its Common Stock

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Nielsen Holdings' Management Hosts Divestiture of Nielsen Expositions Conference (Transcript)
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Nielsen Declares Quarterly Dividend

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Nielsen: Q1 2013 Consumer Confidence Increases in Key Economies around the World

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Nielsen Expands Digital Measurement With Pilot Program for New Content Ratings

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Nielsen Holdings N.V. Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
Nielsen Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

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Nielsen to Report First Quarter 2013 Results on April 25, 2013

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Nielsen Online Campaign RatingsTM Expands to Four New Markets Around the Globe

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Providing Critical Measurement to Growing Medium, Nielsen Launches Mobile In-App Ad Resonance Solution

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Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Lawsuit Against Nielsen

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Nielsen Holdings' Management Presents at Deutsche Bank's DbAccess 21st Annual Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
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Nielsen Will Grow As It Develops Digital Tracking Systems
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Nielsen Makes An Excellent Acqusition By Acquiring Arbitron
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Why Nielsen's Data Is Growing Long in the Tooth
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Investors Give Nielsen Holdings High Ratings
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Nielsen Holdings N.V. - Shareholder/Analyst Call
Tue, May 7
Nielsen Holdings' Management Hosts Divestiture of Nielsen Expositions Conference (Transcript)
Mon, May 6
Nielsen Holdings N.V. Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 25
Nielsen Holdings' Management Presents at Deutsche Bank's DbAccess 21st Annual Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Mar 5
Nielsen Holdings N.V. Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 11
Nielsen Holdings N.V. Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Oct 22, 2012
Nielsen Holdings N.V. Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Jul 25, 2012
Nielsen Holdings' Management Presents at 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Tue, May 15, 2012
Nielsen Holdings NV's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Nielsen's Management Presents at Credit Suisse Global Services Conference (Transcript)
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Nielsen Holdings' Management Presents at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Nielsen Holdings' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 6, 2012
Nielsen Holdings Management Presents at Wells Fargo Technology, Media & Telecom Conference - Conference Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 9, 2011
Nielsen's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
Nielsen Holdings' Shareholder Analyst Call Transcript
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
Nielsen's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 28, 2011

ABC Kicks off First-Ever Nielsen Trial to Measure Ad Campaigns in Mobile Apps

Business Wire (Tue, 4:35PM)
Nielsen Announces Pricing of Secondary Common Stock Offering

Business Wire (Tue, 7:00AM)
Nielsen Announces Secondary Offering of Its Common Stock

Business Wire (May 13, 2013)
Nielsen to Present at Upcoming Conferences in May

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
Nielsen to Hold Conference Call to Discuss Divestiture of Expositions Business

Business Wire (May 6, 2013)
Nielsen Declares Quarterly Dividend

Business Wire (May 2, 2013)
Nielsen: Q1 2013 Consumer Confidence Increases in Key Economies around the World

Business Wire (May 1, 2013)
Nielsen Expands Digital Measurement With Pilot Program for New Content Ratings

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Nielsen Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Nielsen to Report First Quarter 2013 Results on April 25, 2013

Business Wire (Apr 4, 2013)
Nielsen Online Campaign RatingsTM Expands to Four New Markets Around the Globe

Business Wire (Apr 3, 2013)
Providing Critical Measurement to Growing Medium, Nielsen Launches Mobile In-App Ad Resonance Solution

Business Wire (Mar 6, 2013)
Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Antitrust Lawsuit Against Nielsen

Business Wire (Mar 6, 2013)
Nielsen to Present at Upcoming Conferences in March

Business Wire (Feb 25, 2013)
Nielsen Announces Pricing of Secondary Common Stock Offering

Business Wire (Feb 15, 2013)
Nielsen Announces Secondary Offering of Its Common Stock

Business Wire (Feb 13, 2013)
Nielsen Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results and Announces Dividend

Business Wire (Feb 11, 2013)
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Sector: Technology

Industry: Information & Delivery Services

Country: United States

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Tuesday, May 14, 8:38 AM Nielsen (NLSN) prices its 35M share secondary offering at $35.01 per share. NLSN -0.5% premarket to $34.85. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Monday, May 13, 9:56 AM Nielsen (NLSN -2.4%) falls in early trading after announcing a 35M share secondary offering by selling shareholders. The deal's underwriters have an option to purchase an additional 5.25M shares. (PR) Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, May 6, 8:34 AM Nielsen (NLSN) sells its expositions business for $950M to P-E firm Onex as it continues a strategy to narrow it focus. The deal is slated to close in Q1. NLSN +1.2% premarket. Comment! [M&A, Tech]
Friday, May 3, 9:03 AM Nielsen Holding NV (NLSN) declares $0.16/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.81%. For shareholders of record June 05. Payable June 19. Ex-div date June 03. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, April 25, 8:20 AM Nielsen (NLSN): Q1 EPS of $0.38 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $1.38B (+3% Y/Y) misses by $0.01B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech]
Thursday, April 25, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ABC, AIXG, ALK, ALXN, AME, ASPS, AVT, AZN, BC, BG, BIIB, BLL, BMS, BMY, BSX, BWA, CAB, CAM, CCE, CELG, CFX, CL, CMS, CNX, COP, CRR, CSH, D, DAN, DLX, DNKN, DO, DOW, DST, EQT, ESI, ETR, FAF, GPK, GTI, GTLS, HERO, HOG, HP, HSY, IDCC, IMAX, JBLU, KKR, KMT, LEA, LINE, LKQ, LLL, LUV, LVLT, MDP, MJN, MMM, MO, NBL, NLSN, NMM, NYT, O, ODFL, ORI, OXY, PCS, PDS, PH, PHM, POT, PRLB, PTEN, PVR, RCL, RDWR, RRD, RS, RTN, RYN, SCG, SIAL, SUI, SWK, SWY, TASR, TSRA, TWC, UAL, UPS, UTHR, WBC, XOM, YNDX, ZMH Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 24, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ABC, AIXG, ALK, ALXN, AME, ASPS, AVT, AZN, BC, BG, BIIB, BLL, BMS, BMY, BSX, BWA, CAB, CAM, CCE, CELG, CFX, CL, CMS, CNX, COP, CRR, CSH, D, DAN, DLX, DNKN, DO, DOW, DST, EQT, ESI, ETR, FAF, GPK, GTI, GTLS, HERO, HOG, HP, HSY, IDCC, IMAX, JBLU, KKR, KMT, LEA, LINE, LKQ, LLL, LUV, LVLT, MDP, MJN, MMM, MO, NBL, NLSN, NMM, NYT, O, ODFL, ORI, OXY, PCS, PDS, PH, PHM, POT, PRLB, PTEN, PVR, RCL, RDWR, RRD, RS, RTN, RYN, SCG, SIAL, SUI, SWK, SWY, TASR, TSRA, TWC, UAL, UPS, UTHR, WBC, XOM, YNDX, ZMH Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, February 11, 5:48 PM Nielsen Holding NV (NLSN) declares its first-ever quarterly dividend of $0.16/share. Forward yield 1.96%. For shareholders of record Mar. 06. Payable Mar. 20. Ex-div date Mar. 04. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, February 11, 4:46 PM Nielsen (NLSN): Q4 EPS of $0.62 beats by $0.04. Revenue of $1.46B (+3% Y/Y) misses by $0.02B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Tech]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 11:28 AM Nielsen's (NLSN -1.2%) costly acquisition of Arbitron (ARB -0.5%) isn't knocking the socks off of industry watchers. The common refrain is that instead of making a play for an online upstart such as Rentrak, the company curiously opted to see if two ratings dinosaurs can evolve together. Bernstein's Todd Juenger on the marriage: "Seems to us like a zig when people were asking for a zag." Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 8:37 AM Nielsen's (NLSN) dramatic purchase of Arbitron (ARB) isn't the only noise the company is making in the media ratings business this week. A new partnership with Twitter will create a metric to track the reach of TV conversation on Twitter before the start of the 2013 fall TV season. The bigger issue: Can a combined Nielsen/Arbitron stay relevant in the evolving TV-everywhere landscape? Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 7:13 AM Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) plans to acquire peer Arbitron (ARB) for $48 a share, marking a 26% premium over yesterday's closing price. The company estimates the $1.26B deal for the media ratings firm will be close to $0.13 accretive to EPS a year after the close and approximately $0.19 accretive after two years. Comment! [M&A, Consumer]
Monday, October 22, 2012, 5:35 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: FXEN +8.9%; MTW +6.7%; NLSN +6.2%; WETF +5.9%; TPLM +5.7%.
After-hours top losers: ODP -6.6%; RCII -5.7%; VECO -5.5%; GHL -4.4%; OEH -4.2%. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Monday, October 22, 2012, 12:36 PM Nielsen (NLSN -7.3%) takes a hit today as its Q3 beat on a per share basis but disappointed on revenue. Net earnings rose a tepid 2.9% Y/Y as the information and measurement company's watch and expositions segments' sales growth helped to improve margins, but sales in its buy segment, which offers market research for consumer firms, declined by 1%. Comment! [Earnings, On the Move]
Monday, October 22, 2012, 7:05 AM Nielsen (NLSN): Q3 EPS of $0.53 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $1.42B (+1% Y/Y) in-line. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, October 22, 2012, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: BTU, CAT, FCX, HAS, NLSN, PHG, STI, VFC Comment! [Earnings]

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Potential Downgrades (4/29/13): $BC, $CYOU, $DDR, $KIM, $LQDT, $NLSN, $SBGI
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Returning Upgrades (4/25/13): $GIFI, $INFN, $INXN, $IPCM, $JWN, $KAI, $KKR, $LFC, $LTD, $LTM, $MON, $NEOG, $NLSN, $NTCT, $ODFL, $OSIS
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$FUND $TROX and $GHL are the best yielding ex-dividend stocks for next monday - http://stks.co/r40U - I like $CAKE and $NLSN
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$AAPL a top holding of Eton Park Capital, out with their new 13-F-HR/A today. From the top, $NWSA, $NLSN, $DG, $EBAY, $VIAB, $NXY, $MSCI.
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johnbarleycorn: So the idea is to make .67 on each share of NXY. (around 3%)
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Ryan Mallory
My Long Watch List For Swing Trading http://bit.ly/QW9b0H FDX GXP MCP WLT PNR ATRS AAPL GWW EDU SHLD NLSN WYNN ALXN BEAV VZ WTSL
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Hillbilly Stock Star: WYNN, AAPL, OKE,.........my top three longs.
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My Watch-List Heading Into Next Week http://bit.ly/SrgXvA TTM EDU GRPN LEAP NTE NTSP SHLD SRPT BEAV GFA NLSN WYNN SIS ALXN MCD
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Time to Go Long NLSN at $28.70 http://bit.ly/OgSOqP
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Digital Platforms Steal Ad Spending from Traditional Media; Analyst Discusses $FB, $GOOG, $LNKD, $NLSN, $PG, $RENT - http://su.pr/3bVEM1
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Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), Williams Partners (WPZ), Visa (V), Nielsen Holdings (NLSN), and Ethan Allen (ETH) rose on unusual volume today.
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Be they ruthless or be they naive http://bit.ly/h3Xdgu/ $NLSN, $ADI
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$AAPL a top holding of Eton Park Capital, out with their new 13-F-HR/A today. From the top, $NWSA, $NLSN, $DG, $EBAY, $VIAB, $NXY, $MSCI.
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johnbarleycorn: So the idea is to make .67 on each share of NXY. (around 3%)
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Ryan Mallory
My Long Watch List For Swing Trading http://bit.ly/QW9b0H FDX GXP MCP WLT PNR ATRS AAPL GWW EDU SHLD NLSN WYNN ALXN BEAV VZ WTSL
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Hillbilly Stock Star: WYNN, AAPL, OKE,.........my top three longs.
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