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Giant Headline Loss Dominates AT&T Earnings (T, VZ, AMZN)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 7:57 am

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is out with a huge headline loss due to that $4 billion break-up fee paid charge from the failed T-Mobile merger.  The headline loss is -$1.12 ...
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AT&T Earnings Preview (T, VZ)

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 4:55 pm

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is due to report its quarterly earnings for its fourth quarter on Thursday morning and estimates are $0.45 EPS and $31.94 billion in sales.  Shares are ...
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Nokia Falls on Weak Supplier Outlook (NOK, STM, ERIC, MSFT)

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are tumbling today following a glum forecast from one of the company’s main chip suppliers. ST-Ericsson, a joint venture between STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) ...
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Verizon Earnings Pummeled by Pension Charges (VZ, T, S, AAPL)

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 9:52 am

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) are down more than -2% in pre-market trading this morning following the company’s fourth quarter and full year earnings report. Verizon posted adjusted ...
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11 DJIA Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (DD, JNJ, MCD, TRV, VZ, BA, UTX, T, CVX, PG)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 3:34 pm

The coming week is going to be yet another action packed week of big corporate earnings which will move markets or will move their sectors.  24/7 Wall St. has identified ...
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Noting Facebook as a Potential RIM Acquirer? (RIMM, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 9:11 am

Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the ongoing subject of takeover rumors and that has put in at least a near-term floor after the death spiral took away ...
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LG Agrees to Meet Microsoft’s Royalty Demand (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, MMI, ORCL, NOK)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 12:21 pm

Korea’s LG Electronics has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the right to use Microsoft claims it owns and that is required for all ...
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Shame on Them… Proposing A Verizon Wireless & Vodafone Merger (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC)

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 10:00 am

In early December, Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for wireless spectrum licenses owned SpectrumCo LLC. ...
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Acme Packet Warning: Wile E. Coyote Loses Again (APKT, CSCO, RVBD, JNPR)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm

Acme Packet Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT) is trading as though Wile E. Coyote is running the company and trying to sell to the Roadrunner.  The company issued an earnings warning after ...
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Verizon’s 4G Falls Apart

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

It is usually good to be first to market with a popular new technology. That is assuming, however, a company’s version of the new technology works. In the case of Verizon ...
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New Competition Threat for Qualcomm … Overrated? (QCOM, BRCM, NOK, DCM)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 7:01 am

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a ...
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4G Service Falters as 3G Did Before It

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 6:06 am

Verizon Wireless’s 4G superfast wireless network has been down intermittently. That could drive off customers. And the network is at the heart of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) campaign to gain customers from ...
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Deutsche Telekom’s Windfall May Come Up Short (T, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, AAPL)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 1:17 pm

When AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) killed the $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA it had agreed to with Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY), the $4 billion break-up fee going to ...
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Verizon’s Spectrum Purchase Being Investigated (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTEGY, S)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 9:07 am

Earlier this month Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for spectrum licenses belonging to SpectrumCo LLC, a ...
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AT&T Dividend Hike, Even More Attractive Than Verizon (T, VZ, S)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm

The 24/7 Wall St. 2012 Model Portfolio has been on a roll with dividend hikes, ahead of plan in some cases.  AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is one we have felt offers ...
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