Fox Mobile/Jamba (part of News Corp.) CEO Lucy Hood has resigned this morning, we have learned through sources, and now confirmed by PR. Jamba COO Lee Fenton will be the interim CEO until they find a new replacement. Updated: the company has now issued an official release, after stonewalling us for the last three hours on queries. The release says she wants to do more entrepreneurial ventures, but there has to be more than that: earlier this year she was appointed the CEO of the Jamster venture, in which News Corp. holds joint stake with Verisign. She has been with News Corp. for more than a decade, helped launch Fox Mobile Entertainment in 2005, and then this JV with Verisign. Staci adds: Yes, there is more to it although even this may not be all of it. According to one source familiar with the situation, the company is still very bullish on mobile but there’s a sense now that the operation probably needs to be run from Europe rather than LA. Most of the staff is based in Berlin and the business/opportunity is more Europe (and Asia) for now than in the U.S.. Hood traveled a great deal but was still based in the U.S. Fenton, who was hired as COO to lead worldwide operations, has the European know-how: he was director of consumer platforms for Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD) prior to joining Jamba and before that was commercial director of Vivendi (EPA: VIV)-Vodafone JV Vizzavi. He’s held a variety of senior positions at other companies and could well be the top candidate to run Jamba on a permanent basis. This source stressed that Hood is respected as an executive but her departure is likely to fuel some critics who didn’t see her as the right candidate to head the 600-plus employee JV, which was far bigger than Fox Mobile.  Update: S

Fox Mobile/Jamba (part of News Corp.) CEO Lucy Hood has resigned this morning, we have learned through sources, and now confirmed by PR. Jamba COO Lee Fenton will be the interim CEO until they find a new replacement. Updated: the company has now issued an official release, after stonewalling us for the last three hours on queries. The release says she wants to do more entrepreneurial ventures, but there has to be more than that: earlier this year she was appointed the CEO of the Jamster venture, in which News Corp. holds joint stake with Verisign. She has been with News Corp. for more than a decade, helped launch Fox Mobile Entertainment in 2005, and then this JV with Verisign. Staci adds: Yes, there is more to it although even this may not be all of it. According to one source familiar with the situation, the company is still very bullish on mobile but there’s a sense now that the operation probably needs to be run from Europe rather than LA. Most of the staff is based in Berlin and the business/opportunity is more Europe (and Asia) for now than in the U.S.. Hood traveled a great deal but was still based in the U.S. Fenton, who was hired as COO to lead worldwide operations, has the European know-how: he was director of consumer platforms for Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD) prior to joining Jamba and before that was commercial director of Vivendi (EPA: VIV)-Vodafone JV Vizzavi. He’s held a variety of senior positions at other companies and could well be the top candidate to run Jamba on a permanent basis. This source stressed that Hood is respected as an executive but her departure is likely to fuel some critics who didn’t see her as the right candidate to head the 600-plus employee JV, which was far bigger than Fox Mobile.  Update: S

Brazilian and Mexican stocks tick higher, with an outlook of higher corporate quarterly earnings in Latin America's largest economies providing support after a recent string of pullbacks among equities.

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Rallying is one thing, but rallying on high volume is altogether different - and much more bullish. That’s what makes Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), American Medical Systems Holding Co. (Nasdaq: AMMD), IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM), Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), and Vivo Participacoes S.A. (NYSE: VIV) are Tuesday’s standouts…. big gains, on massive volume. The reason for the heavy accumulation should be explored.

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• Humana Inc.: Up 7.0% on a 298% increase in average trade.
• American Medical Systems Holding Co.: Higher by 4.3% on 175% more volume than normal.
• IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc.: Gained 2.8% on a 134% increase in activity.
• Amedisys Inc.: Up 8.5% on a 126% volume bump.
• Vivo Participacoes S.A.: Higher by 2.5% on 115% more trading activity than usual.

Vivo Participacoes (VIV) appears to be on the move today and is now at $29.29, up $0.60 (2.09%) on volume of 808,535 shares traded. Over the last 52 weeks the s...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

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The global economic downturn continues to weigh on the fortunes of companies in almost every industry, including telecommunications. Nevertheless, we see a silver lining for the telecommunication industry in this challenging environment as the valuation level now reflects remedial conditions in the economy. Depressed stock prices may make investment entry points more favorable at this [...]

(QCOM) Telecom Industry Update – December 2009 – Industry Outlook

The global economic downturn continues to weigh on the fortunes of companies in almost every industry, including telecommunications. Nevertheless, we see a silver lining for the telecommunication industry in this challenging environment as the valuation level now reflects remedial conditions in the economy.[More...]

General Electric Co. (GE) and Vivendi SA (VIV) have agreed in principle to a deal in which the former would buy the French company’s 20% stake in NBC Universal for $5.8 billion, valuing NBC Universal at $29 billion. Vivendi had originally valued its 20% stake in NBC Universal, acquired in 2004, at $6.1 billion. But the [...]

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