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Softbank to Offer Federal Government a Seat on Sprint’s Board of Directors

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 7:35 am

Rather than put up more money in its bid to acquire control of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), Japan’s Softbank Corp. plans to offer the U.S. government the ability to ...
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AT&T’s Brilliant Move to Increase Customer Revenue

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:30 am

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has come up with a brilliant way to increase revenue in its wireless unit. Its explanation of the new fees is almost too complicated to understand. ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 24, 2013 at 6:29 am

Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) fires CEO Bob McDonald and brings back A. G. Lafley. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may face antitrust investigations by the U.S. government. (Reuters) Carl ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:25 am

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) raises its financial forecast and shares soar. (Reuters) The European Union may allow Greece more time to reach its budget targets. (Reuters) After a number of ...
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Dish Network Cites National Security Threat of Sprint Acquisition by Softbank

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

It was perhaps inevitable that the fight between Japan’s Softbank and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) over Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) would take turn in this direction. In a ...
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Top Ten U.S. Wireless Trends in 2013 for Investors to Bank On

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 7:55 am

The intense battle for the wireless customer and the consumer dollar heated up in the first quarter of 2013. Surprisingly, smartphone activation, which is a key data point for the ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 6:52 am

Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) cuts forecasts for game console margins for the next several years. (MarketWatch) Sony also cuts targets for smartphones and camera sales. (Reuters) A complex Irish tax ...
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Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Markets Open Higher, Manage to Hold Decent Gain

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning on another day when very little economic data was released anywhere around the globe. There was no data released at all in ...
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Clearwire Shareholders Score Victory with Higher Buyout Offer

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 9:25 am

Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is getting the higher buyout price offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that has been rumored to be coming. The new increased offer is at ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: May 21, 2013 at 6:47 am

Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) profits in Asia will help balance the risk of its Tumblr buyout. (Reuters) A successful vote to split the chairman and CEO jobs at J.P. Morgan ...
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Dish Network Goes After Another Helping of Wireless Spectrum

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 4:33 pm

Earlier this month, wireless network provider LightSquared Inc. received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use a band of wireless spectrum for a period of three months to ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 6:43 am

The European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters)Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional time to ...
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Softbank Using Alibaba IPO to Thwart Dish Network Offer for Sprint

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 8:10 am

The saying is that all’s fair in love and war. Well, this cannot be love, so it must be war. The Financial Times this morning is citing “two people familiar ...
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 6:46 am

China's factory output misses expectations on the low side. (Reuters) Posting on Google+ has been low, hurting the chance for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) to get ads for the service. ...
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Dish Network Earnings Cut by Slowing Satellite TV Subscriber Growth

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 7:35 am

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The satellite TV provider posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.47 on revenues of $3.56 ...
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