1. Today's news: Washington Post is dirt cheap
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Bary, Andrew
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Washington Post Co. -- Subsidiaries, divisions and units ,Washington Post Co. -- Securities ,Washington Post Co. -- Valuation ,Newspaper publishing -- Subsidiaries, divisions and units ,Newspaper publishing -- Securities ,Newspaper publishing -- Valuation ,Stocks -- Prices and rates ,Stocks -- Evaluation ,Company securities ,Banking, finance and accounting industries ,Business - Abstract
The Washington Post has a market value of $4.2 billion based on their shares that trade for 445. A sum-of-the-parts analysis shows that the company is worth about $8.5 billion due to their large and rapidly growing Kaplan education division. A spinoff of Kaplan could unlock value.
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- 2010