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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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FCC Still Concerned with Verizon’s Spectrum Acquisition (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWX, PCS, S, DTEGY, LEAP, T)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:46 am

When Verizon Wireless made its initial $3.6 billion offer to acquire wireless spectrum from SpectrumCo LLC, most observers didn’t think the deal would run into any opposition. Which only goes ...
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Cable Companies’ Future is Online (CHTR, CMCSA, TWC, DIS, VZ, T, PCS, LEAP, FTR, NFLX, AAPL)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 1:08 pm

The line between mobile wireless carriers and cable and satellite TV providers has been blurring for a couple of years and may be on the way to disappearing entirely before ...
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The Market Where Defensive Shares Are Working Again (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Blame whatever you want.  A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ...
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Frontier Communications Hits New Low (FTR, PCS, LEAP, VZ, VOD, T, S, DTEGY, AAPL, CTL)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 12:33 pm

Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) missed its consensus first quarter EPS estimate this morning and the company’s shares are getting pummeled. The miss was close: EPS of $0.05, a penny ...
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The Troubled Tenure of Sprint Chairman James H. Hance

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 6:23 am

When it comes to failures and strategic mistakes at Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S), the spotlight has focused mainly on CEO Dan Hesse. He has held the reins at the nation’s third ...
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Media Digest (5/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 6:22 am

Voters in Greece and France turn away from German austerity measures set for the region’s weakest nations. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) moves into the home monitoring market. (Reuters) Ally Financial ...
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Taking Wi-Fi To The NYC Subway System, Almost (WIFI, VZ, T, S)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 12:23 pm

Finally, Wi-Fi while you are on the subway!!!  Sort of.  News is out this Thursday that sounds like a home run for Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI).  The Wi-Fi provider ...
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Media Digest (5/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 6:51 am

The European Central Bank will not act to help growth in the region, but it will seek solutions to Spain’s problems. (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promises to build new handsets ...
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Comcast: The Broadband Battle is Starting to Heat Up

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 11:27 am

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported first quarter earnings this morning that were better than analysts expectations, but a drop in video subscribers and a smaller-than-expected gain in voice subscribers are ...
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The Most Powerful CEOs in America

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:49 am

Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current ...
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Is LG Turning Its Back on Microsoft? (MSFT, GOOG, NOK, T)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 10:36 am

Some fast backpedaling by Korea’s LG Electronics has apparently stopped the claim by a Korean newspaper that the electronics giant is ditching Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the US company’s ...
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American Companies with the Most Customers

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 6:37 am

Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold 35.1 million iPhones worldwide in the latest quarter. The figure is large, but not extraordinary. Some consumer products and consumer electronics ...
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