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Media Digest (1/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 6:33 am

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will complete the capital raise for its $16 billion fund. (Reuters) The EU agrees to an embargo on Iranian oil. (Reuters) Citing defense cuts, Boeing (NYSE: BA) ...
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The Five Least Attractive DJIA Stocks (HD, MCD, TRV, VZ, WMT)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 5:26 pm

Most investors are likely glad that 2012 is here to have 2011 behind them.  This is an election year and many investors are wondering whether the U.S. and its large ...
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DJIA 2012: Best Targets Imply DJIA 13,678 (BAC, JPM, VZ, IBM, CVX, MCD, CSCO, XOM, GE, HPQ, INTC, MRK, PFE, PG, WMT, DIA)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:40 am

As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/2/2101) Exxon Venezula Deal, EU PMI Low

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:23 am

The PMI of the eurozone contracted in December. Official numbers from research firm Markit showed a figure of 46.9 for the final month of the year. A number of 50 marks the ...
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Media Digest (1/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:23 am

F-16 and F-15 production lines are being extended by U.S. government sales to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Oman by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Boeing (NYSE: BA), made through the ...
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Which Dogs of the Dow Are Best in 2012? (T, VZ, MRK, PFE, GE, DD, JNJ, INTC, PG, MSFT, CVX, JPM, KFT, MCD)

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 1:02 pm

The lineup of the Dogs of the Dow, simply the ten highest dividend yield stocks of the thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components, appears to be undergoing a bit of ...
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Verizon’s 4G Falls Apart

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

It is usually good to be first to market with a popular new technology. That is assuming, however, a company’s version of the new technology works. In the case of Verizon ...
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Media Digest (12/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:28 am

Alibaba hires a Washington lobbying firm in case it decides to bid for all of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Italian yields may fall because of European Central Bank injections of ...
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4G Service Falters as 3G Did Before It

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 6:06 am

Verizon Wireless’s 4G superfast wireless network has been down intermittently. That could drive off customers. And the network is at the heart of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) campaign to gain customers from ...
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Deutsche Telekom’s Windfall May Come Up Short (T, DTEGY, S, VZ, VOD, AAPL)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 1:17 pm

When AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) killed the $39 billion deal for T-Mobile USA it had agreed to with Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY), the $4 billion break-up fee going to ...
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Verizon’s Spectrum Purchase Being Investigated (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTEGY, S)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 9:07 am

Earlier this month Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for spectrum licenses belonging to SpectrumCo LLC, a ...
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AT&T Kills $39 Billion T-Mobile Offer

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 4:55 pm

AT&T (NYSE: T) has ended its quest to buy No.4 US cellular company T-Mobile for $39 billion. It will pay T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom a $4 billion break-up fee. The ...
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AT&T Dividend Hike, Even More Attractive Than Verizon (T, VZ, S)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm

The 24/7 Wall St. 2012 Model Portfolio has been on a roll with dividend hikes, ahead of plan in some cases.  AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is one we have felt offers ...
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LightSquared Is Doomed

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 6:38 am

Its struggle against the federal government to gain acceptance of its high-speed internet product is nearly over. LightSquared, the ambitious national wireless provider, is doomed. In an announcement, the company praised ...
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NTSB Recommends Ban On Driver Phone & Device Use (VZ, T, S, LOGI, AMT, CCI)

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Have you been hit or almost been hit by a car driver talking on their cellphone?  Thousands of Americans have died as a result of phone-use related accidents.  Thousands more ...
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