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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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Usage-based Internet Charges Get Backing from FCC Chairman (CMCSA, NFLX, TWC, CVC, T, VZ, VOD)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 8:52 am

At a meeting of cable industry executives in Boston yesterday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the he supports usage-based pricing for Internet service to “help drive efficiency in the networks.” ...
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World’s Top Brands Led By Apple, IBM, Google

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:04 am

You may or may not have heard of Millward Brown, but you might not be surprised who they ranked as the world's top brand: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) took the ...
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Media Digest (5/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 6:24 am

G8 leaders will seek solutions to the EU crisis. (Reuters) The Facebook IPO, priced at $38, will raise $16 billion. (Reuters) A new poll shows Greeks favor pro-bailout leaders who ...
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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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Investors Seeking Defensive Stocks Where 3% to Over 5% Dividends Rule!

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 1:14 pm

A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market.  Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The major US stock indexes opened significantly lower this morning as investors reacted to the surprise loss of $2 billion by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) disclosed by the ...
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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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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, AAPL, ARNA, T, BEAM, BBBY, BBY, BWLD, CVX, HEK, JPM, MYGN, PRA, RSH, RXN, RIMM, SLF, TXRH, VZ)

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 8:46 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Reiterated Buy and $39 target at Argus. Apple ...
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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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