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Apps & Software
Google’s One Set-Top Box Too Many
Google will release a set-top box into a market that is already crowded, so Google's chance of taking market share from incumbents is low.
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Technology
How Much Is Bezos Willing to Lose on New Fire Phone?
Amazon.com Inc.At a press event Wednesday in Seattle, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the company’s “Fire” phone, a 4.7-inch smartphone that is entering a sector dominated by Samsung Electronics…
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Consumer Electronics
AT&T Exclusive Carrier for Amazon Phone
Wednesday's expected announcement of a new smartphone from Amazon.com is also reported to reveal that the online retailer has signed a deal with AT&T as the exclusive carrier for the phone.
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Technology
Level 3-TW Merger, Poison Pill in Reality
Global Internet provider Level 3 Communications announced Monday morning that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire TW Telecom for $40.86 per share in cash and stock.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market
thinkstockJune 13, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday and even a weak report on consumer sentiment couldn’t keep equities down for long this morning. All three major indexes were pointed at weekly…
11:45am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Get Selective in High-Yield Defensive Dividend Stocks
ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of May have been released, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends we follow. Some…
7:25am ET
Investing
The NYSE’s Six Most Shorted Stocks
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in blue chips like Bank of America and AT&T, but also in troubled companies like J.C. Penney. As of…
9:55am ET
Investing
Should Tobacco Dividends Be Lower Than Telecom Dividends?
This past week we could not help noticing how low tobacco dividends have become. The driving force may be a tie-up coming between Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) and Lorillard Inc. (NYSE:…
10:05am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Moves to Front Burner
An agreement between Sprint and T-Mobile has been reached, according to a report from Reuters, for a deal valued at $32 billion.
8:45am ET
Technology
Ciena Raises Outlook on Strong Demand for Optical Equipment
Ciena reported better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Sales in the company's largest division, converged packet optical equipment, rose about 21%.
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Special Report
Eight Companies That Owe Employees a Raise
ThinkstockWith the stock market reaching new heights daily, companies’ profit margins at multi-decade highs, and falling unemployment, many Americans may be wondering when they will start to see the benefits of the…
4:20pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
30-Year Bond Offering to Help Start AT&T Financing for DirecTV Buyout
Wikimedia CommonsAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) had a sale of $2 billion in corporate bonds slated for Tuesday. Investors need to care about this offering because this represents AT&T’s first real attempt to…
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Technology
Do These Top Tech Stocks Get Hurt by the AT&T-DirecTV Deal?
A new report from Jefferies cites the distinct possibility that the new AT&T focus on satellite delivery and other initiatives could prove damaging to some of the top tech companies that serve…
6:38am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Samsung’s Indestructible Phone
Samsung's indestructible Galaxy S5 Active has just hit the shelves at AT&T stores. Both companies are about to find out whether anyone wants a smartphone that is almost bullet proof.
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Media
Google Tool Measures ISP Speeds
The battle over net neutrality and the impact of the proposed mergers between may finally have called attention to the sorry state of broadband in general in the United States.