Comments on: Bloomberg, a stake of one’s own

By: Robert MacMillan

Robert MacMillan — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:44:03 +0000

Hi Stu, or is that the Sixth Beatle?Yes, the profit margins likely are really, really fine, as Mr. Wetmore in our original story on the wire points out. I just can’t say for sure because no one at Bloomberg will tell me. I’ll keep trying.As for the “country,” that was a typo on the reporter’s (my) part. I fixed it. Thanks for flagging it.

By: Stu Sutcliffe

Stu Sutcliffe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:52:26 +0000

1) Bloomberg is probably profitable but you can’t say for sure? How does profit margins in the vicinity of Microsoft;s or better strike you? The place oozes money.2) Mike has a right of first refusal in any event. He already bought back one-third of Merrill’s original 30% stake 12-13 years ago.3) Can you clean up your anonymous source’s quotes, for heaven’s sake? “…a privately held country”? Or, was that unexpurgated and thus a reflection of their insight?

By: Cool Pilot

Cool Pilot — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:36:45 +0000

Is it that problem or any indication of upcoming financial problems with Merill Lynch?