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Telecom & Wireless
Vonage (VG) Is Toast
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…
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Media
Media Digest 10/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) strong quarter and forecast sent shares up over 10%. Reuters writes that Oracle (ORCL) has turned down BEA Systems’ (BEAS) proposal that the company be sold at…
3:08pm ET
Investing
Vonage (VG) Settles With Verizon (VZ)
It looked like patent suits from the nation’s largest phone companies were going to put VoIP pioneer Vonage (VG) out of buiness. But, it settled its differences with Verizon (VZ) after the…
5:50am ET
Investing
Verizon’s (VZ) Cable Killer
Mario Gabelli and other investors do not want to let Cablevision’s (CVC) founding family to take the company private at their current offer price of about $34. The investors think the company…
3:09am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/24/2007
According to Reuters, shares in Amazon (AMZN) dropped on concerns about margins in it latest earnings. Reuters writes that RIM (RIMM) will start to market its Blackberry in China. Reuters reports that…
7:35am ET
Telecom & Wireless
An AT&T (T) Suit, The Death Of Vonage (VG)
AT&T (T) became the third big telecom company to file a patent suit against Vonage (VG). It follows actions by Sprint (S) and Verizon (VG). Those suits have been settled at a…
1:16pm ET
Investing
Perhaps Cablevision’s (CVC) Dolans Should Buy The New York Times (NYT)
Shares in Cablevision (CVC) and The New York Times (NYT) are both off about 3% today. Cablevision’s shares are down because its large shareholders don’t want the company sold. The Times is…
5:40am ET
Investing
Cablevision (CVC) LBO Is Toast
Most LBO’s these days get killed because buyers develop remorse over a high price and the tough borrowing environment. At Cablevision (CVC) all of that has been turned on its head. The…
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Apps & Software
Microsoft (MSFT) To Battle Cisco (CSCO) For Business Communications Dollars
Microsoft (MSFT) said it expects its unified communications product — the company’s effort to link e-mail, instant messaging and phone systems over Internet networks — to become one of the fastest-growing segments…
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Investing
Would AT&T (T) And Verizon (VZ) Follow GM (GM) And Off-Load Liabilities?
"AT&T Inc.(T), the biggest U.S. phone company, and No. 2 Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) may follow General Motors Corp. (GM) in trying to shift retiree health-care liabilities to a union-run fund, a…
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Investing
Gabelli Gets Sick Of Cablevision (CVC) LBO Price
Cablevision (CVC) is supposed to go private in a transaction lead by the company’s founding Dolan family. The shares currently trade at $34. Uber-fund manager Maria Gabelli, whose investment companies hold 8%…
5:07am ET
Media
As HDTV Moves In, Cable’s House Gets Trashed (CMCSA)
Cable companies had all of the competitive advantages. They could offer broadband, TV, and voice service in one package. Satellite TV could only offer television. Telecom companies had slow DSL, and building…
2:51pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Vonage’s Request For Verizon Rehearing Was Likely Expected (VG, VZ, S)
Vonage Holdings (NYSE:VG) announced today that the company has filed a motion for a review by the original three-judge panel or the full panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
5:21pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Were Verizon’s (VZ) Fiber TV Subscriptions Inflated?
In a suit filed in U.S. District Court, an advertising agency has charged Verizon (VZ) with inflating the number of FiOS fiber-to-the-home subscriptions that it has by adding "pending" customers to the…
3:15am ET
Media
Medai Digest 10/3/2007
According to Reuters, Verizon (VZ) is launching three new phones for the holidays, One will compete directly with the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) is releasing a new version…