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Short Sellers Hit Internet Stocks

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:17 am

For the two weeks that ended on May 15, short sellers hit old and new Internet site companies alike. Among firms that had IPOs recently, the short interest in Zynga (NASDAQ: ...
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T-Mobile’s Troubled Future

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:22 am

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless company in the United States, needs a buyer, not a partner. However, the chances that a buyer will materialized are unlikely, and even parent Deutsche Telekom ...
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Sprint Offers AT&T And Verizon Customers $100 iPhone Trade In

Posted: May 19, 2012 at 1:53 pm

Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) began a new program to gain customers which may be desperate or brilliant. An evaluation of the results may end up being more important than Sprint's initial intension. Sprint will ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 18, 2012

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat higher this morning as investors paid little attention to last night’s downgrade of Spain’s banks (more coverage here). With little economic data ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANGI, RATE, IRE, DNDN, LVS, LNKD, MU, MS, PSX, CRM, SNDK, S, TUP, YELP)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 8:37 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Angie's List, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) Started as Outperform at Raymond James. ...
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Top Ten CEOs Sent to Prison

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 5:44 pm

Earlier this week, Rebekah Brooks, former CEO of the now-defunct British tabloid News of the World, was arrested on conspiracy to pervert the court of justice. The case against Brooks ...
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Shared Data Plans on Tap from Wireless Vendors

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 10:41 am

We noted earlier this morning that Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD), will not offer unlimited data plans to ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/17/2012) Greece Wobbles, Verizon Increase Rates

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 6:41 am

The debate over the state of the housing market continues to seesaw. RealtyTrac reported that April foreclosures fell again and are now back to July 2007 levels. But the research operation’s ...
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T-Mobile, Like Sprint, Loses Battle for Market Share

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 6:29 am

T-Mobile, the wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom, probably will never recover from a failed takeover bid by AT&T (NYSE: T). The FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice killed the ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/15/2012) New Apple MacBook

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:50 am

Rumors persist, most recently reported by Bloomberg, that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a new super-thin line of laptops. The latest version of the MacBook will be powered by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) ...
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Wireless Customer Satisfaction Improves

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 6:25 am

Customer satisfaction with wireless subscriber companies steadied last quarter according to the widely followed American Customer Satisfaction Index. On a scale on which 100 is the best score, AT&T (NYSE: ...
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One Analyst Signals Caution and Cuts Estimates On Apple (AAPL, T, VZ, S)

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 9:09 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have pulled back but this is still the darling of America.  Most analysts have stepped all over themselves to raise their estimates and their price ...
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MetroPCS Holders Cheering The Wrong Merger… It’s Time to Revisit The Past (PCS, S, LEAP, T)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 9:36 am

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) had a stellar Wednesday on rumors and talk that Deutsche Telekom may be wanting to roll the no-contract and prepaid wireless outfit into its T-Mobile operations.  ...
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Short Sellers Hit Sprint, Chesapeake Energy and Others

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:48 am

Short sellers moved aggressively into the shares of companies with weak financial prospects and stock prices. According to data from the NYSE and Nasdaq, for the period that ended April ...
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Another Wrinkle in the Wireless Business (PCS, LEAP, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, T)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) and Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) are shooting up today following a report at Bloomberg News that German phone company Deutsche Telekom ...
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