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A Cheaper iPhone (GNCMA, AAPL, T, VZ, VOD, NTLS, S)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 10:37 am

General Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCMA), a wireless carrier in Alaska, has added the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to its roster of available phones. The interesting thing about this ...
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4G Phone Sales to Rise 1,000% in 2012 (AAPL, GOOG, SSNLF, VZ, VOD, T, S)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 9:16 am

In 2011, global shipments of 4G LTE smartphones totaled 6.8 million units. In 2012, that number is expected to grow to 67 million smartphones according to research firm Strategy Analytics. ...
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Best Buy’s iPhone Sales Nearly Equal to Apple’s, Sprint Halfway There Already (BBY, AAPL, T, VZ, S)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 7:54 am

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) sold nearly as many iPhones from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the past three months as Apple itself did. In a report from Consumer ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (3/23/2012) Green Job Growth, T-Mobile Layoffs

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 6:34 am

The rise of “green” initiatives may finally have begun to help the U.S. economy. New Bureau of Labors statistics claim that 3.1 million Americans were employed in green jobs in 2010. The ...
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T-Mobile Downsizes

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 6:18 am

 US-based T-Mobile unit, part of Deutsche Telekom,  has begun to look like Sprint. The No.4 wireless carrier in the US, has found it barely survive in a race dominated by AT&T ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, ACI, COF, GPS, S, UPS, HAST, IOC, ADBE, FMCN, LDK, QRE, AMPE, CERE)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 4:07 pm

Markets opened slightly lower this morning as everyone seemed to be waiting for the announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding its $97 billion cash pile (our coverage here). Financial ...
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More Bankruptcy Concerns For Sprint (S)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 11:07 am

In our daily research summary of analyst upgrades and downgrades, we noted how Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) was downgraded at Bernstein and the firm took the rating down to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACI, CZR, COF, ETFC, GPS, NUE, PCX, S, TSL, UPS, WYNN, YGE, YUM)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Caesars Entertainment ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (3/16/2012) Apple Wins JD Power, Sprint Abandons LightSquared

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:24 am

Rumors continue that the U.S. and UK will release some of their strategic oil reserves to help abate rising gas and oil prices. Gas prices increased again yesterday to $3.831, ...
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Media Digest (3/16/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:23 am

The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to ...
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LightSquared Loses Sprint

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 5:55 am

LightSquared, the 4G LTE wireless company largely bankrolled by hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners which is run by infamous financier Philip Falcone, lost its final reasonable chance to stay in ...
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Should Boards Spy on Their CEOs?

Posted: March 13, 2012 at 6:53 am

The Wall Street Journal reports that the board of Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) oversees many of the moves of CEO Dan Hesse. Is it any wonder? Sprint has not had much financial ...
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Media Digest (3/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 13, 2012 at 6:51 am

Some financial firms offer to buy claims of MF Global customers. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) sues Facebook over 10 patents. (Reuters) The European Union says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola ...
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Apple Unveils New iPad, Apple TV (AAPL, VZ, VOD, T, S, AMZN, RIMM, SSNLF)

Posted: March 7, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) today announced its latest version of its market leading tablet, the iPad. That’s right -- no number, just iPad. The latest iPad will cost $499 for ...
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Sprint Nextel Deal For Metro PCS Dies, Adding To Its Desperation

Posted: February 26, 2012 at 10:23 am

A deal for Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) to buy Metro PCS as a means of adding to its troubled subscriber base, has been killed--presumably by the Sprint board. It is one ...
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