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Liberty Global to Acquire Virgin Media

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 6:50 am

Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA), controlled by American billionaire John Malone, made a successful offer to buy huge U.K. cable firm Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED). The media has pegged ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/6/2013)

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 6:31 am

Hackers Hit the Fed Hackers have scored another victory in a series that has extended from Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) China site, to the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) ...
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Media Digest (2/6/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 6:30 am

Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) will buy U.K. cable firm Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) for $15.75 billion. (Reuters) Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE: RBS) expects LIBOR penalties in the ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 11:30 am

The stock market is up Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.79%, the Nasdaq up 0.92% and the S&P 500 up 0.87%. Today's winners are a media company ...
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Media Digest (2/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 6:22 am

The United States begins a lawsuit against McGraw Hills Companies Inc.'s (NYSE: MHP) S&P for its role in the mortgage-backed paper debacle. (Reuters) BP PLC's (NYSE: BP) fourth-quarter profits are ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, LNT, AEP, AMLN, BCS, BRCM, EXPD, HLS, HES, MRO, IM, IDCC, INTX, LL, NTGR, RIMM, STO, SUP, VMED, QCOM, INTC, BBBY, AAPL)

Posted: July 3, 2012 at 8:29 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Cut to Equal-weight at Barclays. Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Netflix Gets Big Competition for UK, Irish Viewers (NFLX, AMZN, VMED)

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 1:43 pm

The UK market for streaming video is about to get more crowded. Earlier this month, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it would offer its streaming video service in the ...
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Netflix & UK Launch, Driving on the Left Side of the Road (NFLX, AMZN, VMED)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 9:47 am

Battered video provider Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is launching its streaming video service in the UK and Ireland today with a one-month free trial for customers who sign up through ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, XOM, FSLR, GDI, JCOM, MDR, OXY, PAAS, PLXS, POT, SPB, S, TSM, VMED, WFM)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 8:20 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BSX, CLF, DMND, EP, JNJ, JNPR, KNX, LPS, MBT, VIP, VMED, WYN)

Posted: May 25, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Raised to Neutral at Goldman ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BP, BRCD, CSCO, DE, EMC, WIRE, INTC, JNPR, LRCX, NTAP, PAL, OMX, PETD, SPLS, STP, TER, UTI, VMED)

Posted: May 19, 2011 at 8:31 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Brocade Communications Systems, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACE, BX, CSIQ, C, CME, XOM, FSLR, ISRG, NYB, NTRS, S, THC, RIG, VMED, WFC)

Posted: May 24, 2010 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Monday morning in Wall Street research calls: Ace Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Raised to Conviction Buy List ...
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The 10 Worst Places For Women To Work

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 8:29 pm

Women make up over 50% of the US workforce now, but the Bureau of the Census shows that women make, on average, only 77% of what men do based on ...
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52-Week High Club

Posted: September 30, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) hit a yearly high of $13.47 after beating both guidance and analyst estimates for its quarterly earnings. Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) hit a yearly high of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, FRED, FDO, FINL, SEPR, VMED, WTNY, ZUMZ)

Posted: September 4, 2009 at 8:32 am

It is looking pretty thin in analyst calls ahead of the 3-day weekend, but these are some of the top research upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen this Friday ...
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