Seeing $tarz
Starz, a rival to HBO and Showtime in the premium-cable channel market, rose 9.8 percent, to $15.59, on its first day of trading after being broken off from Liberty Media in a spinoff.
CNET protest
CNET senior writer Greg Sandoval quit in protest after parent company CBS Corp. forced editors to disqualify Dish Network’s ad-skipping device from capturing a “Best of CES” award.
King of PCs
Hewlett Packard probably sacrificed profit margin to win market share in the fourth quarter, when it retook its spot as the top personal-computer maker from Lenovo, Gartner said.
Up the river
Albert K. Hu, who was convicted of running a California hedge-fund fraud scheme that the government said cheated investors of at least $6.5 million, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Marriott sued
A former hotel owner sued Marriott yesterday, accusing the hospitality company of conspiring with a labor group to control which Marriott-branded hotels unionized.