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Telecom & Wireless
How Soon Will Wireless Plans Be Free?
The race toward the bottom of what wireless service providers charge for data plans has accelerated.
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Telecom & Wireless
Sprint’s New Subscription Offer: Double the Data, Double the Confusion
Provided customers can figure out exactly what they’re getting from the Sprint's new Family Share Pack pricing, the deals might be pretty good. The offer certainly has a nice headline sound.
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Telecom & Wireless
Sprint Has America’s Worst Wireless Network
Sprint has the worst performing wireless network in the United States by far in the first half of 2014, according to a new study by research firm RootScore.
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Telecom & Wireless
Sprint CEO’s Plan: Cut Prices, Slash Costs
courtesy of Sprint Corp.The surprise ending to merger discussions between Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile US Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) included a housecleaning, at least in the corner office at Sprint. Long-time…
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Media
Cable Company Broadband Subscribers Now Outnumber Pay TV Subscribers
ThinkstockIt had to happen sometime, but the cable guys probably didn’t expect it to happen so soon. The top U.S. cable companies now claim 49.915 million broadband subscribers compared with 49.910 million…
10:42am ET
Investing
Key Short Interest Changes in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data is out for the July 31 settlement date. We often review the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a barometer of what short sellers may be thinking. The trends…
12:00pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
52-Week Low Proves Sprint Needs T-Mobile — or Something!
With the news that Sprint is giving up on its merger plans with T-Mobile came the news the Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was being replaced on Monday with Sprint board member Marcelo…
8:00am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Sprint Dumps CEO Hesse for Entrepreneur Board Member
When this week started, T-Mobile was being pursued by two suitors, one a brash, young French upstart and the other an older, wiser, richer company looking for one last chance at glory.
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Companies and Brands
Facebook’s Market Value Tops AT&T
ThinkstockOne company’s sales are huge. Those of the other are not. Despite AT&T’s (NYSE: T) substantial lead in revenue, its market cap is now below Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB). The story is almost…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Sank the Markets
thinkstockAugust 1, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday after a weakish report on jobs pretty much guaranteed that the Fed will be in no hurry to raise interest rates. The bounce the…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Tanked the Markets
thinkstockJuly 31, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday following a nearly flat close on Wednesday. Markets opened lower and slipped even more throughout the day, but it’s difficult to blame Argentina for…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Enbridge, NOV, Freescale, Twitter, Verizon, Windstream and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Wednesday, July 30. 2014. They include Enbridge, NOV, Freescale, Twitter, Verizon and Windstream.
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Telecom & Wireless
Could Verizon, AT&T, Level 3 and Others Follow Windstream in REIT Creations?
Imagine if telecom giants such as AT&T and Verizon could break up into an operating company and into a real estate investment trust (REIT). This sounds crazy, but now there is a…
10:30am ET
Investing
Key Short Interest Changes in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data for the July 15 settlement date is out and we have compared the defensive dividend stocks, aside of utilities, to what has happened since the June 30 settlement…
1:00pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Why Verizon Earnings Beat AT&T
AT&T believes that once its customers migrate to the company's new plans, equipment upgrades and data usage revenues will rise. That belief will be tested over the next several quarters.