Quantcast

Posts related to ‘VZ’

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

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 ...
Read Full Story »

The Cracks Form In Prepaid & No-Contract Cellular (LEAP, PCS, S, T, VZ)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 9:56 am

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) is being treated rather poorly after its earnings report missed expectations.  Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) is being treated even worse.   Competition from Sprint Nextel ...
Read Full Story »

Media Digest (4/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

Facebook reports that its revenue grew to more than $1 billion and its membership to 900 million. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sells some of the patents it bought from AOL ...
Read Full Story »

Mobile Market Spending to Reach $150 Billion in 2012 (T, VZ, VOD, ZNGA, P, AAPL, GOOG, MM)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 1:10 pm

The global market for consumer spending on mobile content, apps and games, and services totaled $121.8 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow to $138.2 billion this year. The ...
Read Full Story »

What’s Important in the Financial World (4/20/2012) French Elections, iPhone 5, Ford in China

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:41 am

The amount the International Monetary Fund can raise, primarily to help to create a sovereign firewall for Europe, stands at $320 billion. Although, several nations have said they will help ...
Read Full Story »

Media Digest (4/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:40 am

BRICs want more of a say in the International Monetary Fund before they make their next contributions. (Reuters) French president Nicolas Sarkozy almost certainly will be voted out of office, ...
Read Full Story »

iPhone 5 In October

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:26 am

The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, which was supposed to be released in June, July, or August--depending on the rumor--will be out in October according to famous Apple watcher Piper ...
Read Full Story »

Executive Pay Up 14% in 2011

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 12:09 pm

The data is from a major union, and, therefore, may have a bias against chief executives. Numbers can be bent. The AFL-CIO reports that CEO pay rose 14% last year: ...
Read Full Story »