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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Wednesday: Markets Cannot Shake-off Low Open and Sink to Close

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 4:08 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected employment report from ADP and concern that Friday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will follow the ADP lead ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Tuesday: Markets Mixed at Open, Closes Slightly Higher

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment ...
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Online Video Viewers, Ads Post Big Numbers in March

Posted: April 25, 2013 at 1:54 pm

Various sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew nearly 154 million unique viewers in March. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) clocked in with nearly 64 million unique viewers ...
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Twitter Seeks Video Deals with Viacom, Comcast

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 9:15 am

In an effort to boost the amount of time users spend on its website, privately held Twitter is reportedly negotiating with Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) ...
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Picking Winners in Streaming Media (INTC, AAPL, GOOG, NFLX, AMZN, P, MSFT, SNE, DIS, CBS, CMCSA, VZ, CSTR, TWX, VIAB, NWSA)

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 1:21 pm

This might be one of those times that’s it difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. The battle for control of the living room is about to be ...
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Deutsche Bank Picks Winners for the Secular Bull Market (HON, GE, IBM, QCOM, UTX, ITW, EMC, ACN, C, ALL, INTC, APH, ROK, PCP, GOOG, MSFT, WYNN, VIAB, SLB, CTSH)

Posted: March 25, 2013 at 8:01 am

We have reported recently that despite many calls of an “aging” four-year bull market, what we have experienced since the market lows of March 2009 has been a cyclical bull ...
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Can Old Media Beat New Media in Ad War?

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 6:39 am

The conventional wisdom is that old media online content gets trumped every time by new media properties, at least when it comes to ad revenue. This does not have to ...
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Pay TV Bundling Challenged

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 2:02 pm

In a lawsuit filed late yesterday in New York, Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) is taking on Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) in a move that challenges the media company’s practice ...
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Media Digest (2/27/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 6:47 am

Italy's political problems may hurt the chances of the European Central Bank to battle the European Union's financial problems. (Reuters) China's PMI likely fell in February, a possible sign the ...
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Twenty Sinful Companies to Give Up for Lent

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 6:39 am

As Fat Tuesday quickly turns into Ash Wednesday, Lent will take place from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, March 30 in 2013. It may not seem like much on the ...
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How YouTube Killed the Video Business for Hulu and Facebook

Posted: January 15, 2013 at 6:21 am

There is barely any reason for a single media company to be in the online video content business. Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube has such a huge presence that it ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 11, 2013: Markets Open Mixed, Tick Higher by Close (JCP, GIS, AIG, RIMM, VIAB, SNX, WFC, PPG, NOK, BBY, UPIP, ARQL)

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning as data from Europe and Asia combined with a larger than expected U.S. trade deficit to pour cool, if not cold, water ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADTN, AIG, AAPL, CPB, CTRN, DNDN, DPS, EA, GIS, JCP, MMM, NOK, PM, RIMM, THC, VIAB, WYNN)

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 8:40 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) maintained Underperform but named Bear of the ...
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Fallout from the Netflix-Disney Deal

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Yesterday’s announcement that Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) would get exclusive rights from The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) for studio films beginning in 2016 sent Netflix shares sharply higher in ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 15, 2012: Markets Slide After Higher Open (CVC, WLT, F, HAL, AAPL, DRYS, NTAP, PETM, SPB, GME, ROST, VIAB, TGT, WMT, AMAT, ADSK, DELL, GPS, MRVL, SHLD, FL, SJM, DMND, VELT, BXG)

Posted: November 15, 2012 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but quickly turned south and bounced around lower all day. In Europe, the eurozone notched its second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth, ...
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