This morning’s post-earnings downgrade of EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) from a "Buy" to a "Hold" at Citigroup, is having a much broader impact than it originally seemed. Shares were not indicated this…
Barron’s mentions a rumor from tech industry journal TMCNet. Google (GOOG) will buy Sprint (S). Sprint has a market cap of $46 billion, so it is possible. It would get Google the…
The largest cable company in the US, Comcast (CMCSA), hit $30.18 last January. Mark that down. The shares may well never get that high again. Time Warner Cable (TWC) hit $44 in…
WiMax appears to be such a promising technology, at least on paper. It can send wireless broadband signals for miles from one base-station. If is faster than 3G, the core technology used…
According to Reuters, profits rose 2.7% at Toyota (TM) and the company raised full-year forecasts. Reuters writes that GM (GM) will take a $39 billion non-cash charge in Q3 Reuters reports that…
According to a blog at Fortune.com, Apple (AAPL) has re-locked the software for the iPhone, at least in the UK. The latest version of the phone comes pre-installed with a software update…
Just when shares in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), and Apple (AAPL) were doing so well, it appears that, in Japan, consumers are moving toward game consoles and smart phones for their daily…
It now appears that Google (GOOG) will announced its new mobile phone product on Monday with its first US partners being T-Mobile and Sprint (S), according to Fortune. “Any device Google brings…
Shares of Sprint (S) are off almost 5% to $16.30, a 52-week low. Consolidated net operating revenues in the quarter were $10 billion compared to $10.5 billion in the year-ago third quarter …
Douglas A. McIntyre Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) appears to be vying with Sprint (S) over rights to distribute new handsets loaded with the Google (GOOG) mobile OS and goodies…
Business makes strange bedfellows. Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), is in discussions with Google (GOOG) about distributing phones with the Google handset operating system. According to The…
AT&T (T) and T-Mobile are about to introduce portable e-mail devices that work just like the RIM (RIMM) Blackberry. According to Reuters AT&T said its new Pantech "duo" runs on Microsoft Corp’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most cable company stocks are already trading at 52-week lows. Last week, Comcast (CMCSA) reported earnings and subscriber growth that were below Wall St. expectations. And AT&T (T) came out with earnings…
When word came though that Vonage (VG) had settled its patent suit with Verizon (VZ), the VoIP company’s shares moved up 70% to over $2. The small company has settled another action…
According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) rose 67% in the last quarter/ Reuters writes that the UAW has a secret deal with Chrysler to make certain products in the US in the hope…
