The Bendix - Martin Marietta Corporate Takeover War

Here are your Looney News Headlines for Episode 06:

• T-Mobile Brings 'Un-carrier' Attitude to Streaming TV
• Chocolate Could Soon Go The Way Of The DoDo Bird!
• An Amazon HQ2 Update … Amazon Eliminates 218 Potential Lovers
• Papa John Out As CEO
• Spotify Being Sued For $1.6 billion Over Song Licensing
• Spotify Plans IPO
• From The Obituary Files: William Agee, Instigator of An Epic Corporate Battle, Dies at Age 79

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Here are your Looney News Headlines for Episode 06:

• The Moon: Seeking Startups To Go Where No Entrepreneur Has Gone Before
• ‘Bombshell’ … the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr
• Pilot Flying J executive says he was great at cheating
• Former Owner of Washington area Tech Firm Charged in $50M Bank Fraud
• Cineworld and Regal Merger Will Challenge AMC
• Verizon to Pay NFL $2 Billion For Streaming Rights
• Global esports Will Cross $2 Bil by 2022

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Here are your Looney News Headlines for Demo Episode 105:

• FCC Vote Invites Media Concentration
• Little Rock Says "No Thanks" to Amazon
• New App Measures Startups' Unicorn Status
• Comcast Wants To Buy 21st Century Fox Assets
• Too Late ... Disney Beats Out Comcast
• Junk Erupts In New York City
• Pharma Bro' May Lose Wu Tang Album

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Here are your Looney News Headlines for this Demo Episode 104:

• Domain Spoofing Is Big Business
• U.S. SBA Announces Accelerator Competition Winners
• Park Lane Hotel Draws No Bids Near $1 Billion Asking Price
• Thanks to Wall St., There May Be Too Many Restaurants
• The Americans Are Coming! The Americans Are Coming!
• Venture capitalist David Lee sues former partner Ron Conway for millions
• Dead Companies Walking
• Amazon Received Incredible 238 Bids for Its Second Headquarters

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Here is demo episode  # 3 of The Looney News. This is barebones - no music or other fancy stuff ... just interesting headlines.

Headlines include:

• Kroger may sell off more than 700 convenience stores
• As Its Brand Becomes Toxic, Weinstein Co. Reportedly Will Either Be Sold or Shut Down
• Columbus Is The Twilight Zone For Product Testing
• Want Higher Investment Returns? – Invest In Tajikistan … If You Can Find It!
• Blue Apron Is Turning Red
• Could Black Monday Happen Again?

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This is demo episode #2 of The Looney Executive podcast show. Currently I'm experimenting with the storytelling format. The episodes are very basic in structure - no music or special effects. It's just the story.

When corporations declare war on each other ... they declare war!

The jungle is a strange place.

Sometimes the hunted becomes the hunter. The prey becomes the predator.

And that's exactly what happened in 1982 when the Bendix Corporation and the Martin Marietta company got tangled up in an uber-battle royale!

Both were large conglomerates, though Bendix was a little bigger. Both companies fought like hell to win this corporate war. 

This saga was filled with intrigue, twists and turns, and strategic positioning. And after a little more than a month ... it was over. The ending to this business tale may be a bit surprising.

It became an instant classic in the business world. And business schools across the country introduced it as a case study.

Oh, one more thing.  Even the uber-popular 1980's video game Pac Man became permanently associated with this story. 

Want to know why? 

Stay to the end and find out.

Enjoy!

Here is demo # 2 of The Looney News. This is barebones - no music or other fancy stuff.

Headlines include:

• Seeking VC is Like An Eating Disorder
• Low Airfares Attack Trans-Atlantic Flights
• New York Diner Flips Last Fried Egg
• Edsel Tops List of Product Flops
• Dayton City Workers Flip Metal for Cash
• 5 Internet Companies Top Acquisition Target List
• Already Successful Clooney Rubs Our Noses in His Success

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This is a bare bones demo episode of The Looney News. Here's what you'll find:

• The Chinese hit hurdles in Dayton
• Verizon fights Fios subscriber losses
• Hobbits defeat Warner Brothers
• Kroger sues new competitor
• Pizza chain rapidly fires in Texas
• Ignore common career advice
• 1980's corporate raider dead ... may get Macy's float

This is a demo episode about the story of the rise, fall, and rise again of the Delorean sports car. The episode isn't complete. It's a demo!

What is it like to move at an early age from your ancient homeland to a strange new country called Canada?

And what a sight Canada is this day for a 4 year old. It's Halloween. And people are dressed in strange, funny, and damned scary costumes. To top it off they knock on strangers' doors and beg for candy.

Welcome to North America kid!

After another stop in England you eventually arrive in Youngstown, Ohio a few years later. Youngstown is a Rust Belt town. It's different. It's strange. Its home now.

Many years later you have a similar journey. You leave the wondrous and bountiful land known as Silicon Valley ... only to return to the Rust Belt. This time you arrive in Dayton, Oh. 

Sam Boutros, Co-Founder of Silicon Valley startup Inthrma, has had many life and business adventures. And he comes to Outside The Valley to discuss:

• His early years
• His Silicon Valley adventures
• Inthrma
• The greatest tech startup moguls

This is a true adventure traversing the globe - Egypt, Canada, England, Rust Belt USA, Silicon Valley. What a story!