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Ergen bids $2 billion for LightSquared spectrum
Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2013 Tuesday
Charlie Ergen, chairman of satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp., made a $2-billion bid for radio frequencies from LightSquared Inc., the bankrupt wireless-broadband company owned by Philip Falcone's hedge fund firm, according to people familiar with the offer.

Edison reaches accord on fire; The utility would pay $37 million and admit role in blaze that burned 3,836 acres.
Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2013 Tuesday
Southern California Edison Co. agreed Monday to pay $37 million to resolve concerns about three overloaded utility poles that sparked the 2007 Malibu Canyon fire, a settlement that would bring the total payout for the destructive fire to more than $60 million.

Actavis to Buy Warner Chilcott in All-Stock Deal
The New York Times Blogs (DealBook), May 20, 2013 Monday
The generic drug maker Actavis agreed on Monday to buy Warner Chilcott, a smaller rival, for about $5 billion in stock, in the latest flurry of deal-making in the specialty drug industry.

R.B.S. Appoints New Chairman for Asia
The New York Times Blogs (DealBook), May 20, 2013 Monday
The Royal Bank of Scotland announced a new chairman for Asia on Monday, in the latest high-level executive change at the bank.

News From the Advertising Industry
The New York Times, May 20, 2013 Monday
Accounts ¶American Frozen Food Institute, McLean, Va., named three agencies owned by the Interpublic Group of Companies to create a national consumer campaign for the newly formed Frozen Food Roundtable, composed of companies that include ConAgra Foods, General Mills, H.J. Heinz, Kellogg, Nestlé USA and Pinnacle Foods. Spending was estimated at $50 million. The agencies are McCann Erickson Worldwide, for advertising aimed at the general market; Casanova Pendrill, for advertising aimed at...

Seeking Flair, Yahoo Agrees To Buy Tumblr
The New York Times, May 20, 2013 Monday
The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media. The deal, which is expected to be announced as soon as Monday, would be the largest acquisition of a social networking company in years, surpassing Facebook's $1 billion purchase of Instagram...

LaCrosse promotes Nike veteran Sasaki
The Oregonian (Portland Oregon), May 18, 2013 Saturday
FOOTWEAR LaCrosse Footwear Inc., the Portland-based company sold last year to a Japanese shoe retailer, has appointed Nike veteran Robert Sasaki as its president, the company announced Friday.