ThinkstockA lot of pixels have been burned since last Thursday’s release of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler’s defense of his draft for proposed rules for maintaining an open Internet.…
thinkstockApril 24 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following solid earnings reports last night from Apple and Facebook. Sentiment turned quickly, however, following reports that Russian troops were planning military exercises along…
UPS reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday, and no surprise, winter weather was its theme of the day. And no surprise either that shares slipped after the opening bell.
Verizon Communications reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning, but it did not offer any revenue or earnings guidance. Shares were up in the premarket.
Paul Ausick AT&T did manage to show growth in its first-quarter 2014 earnings, but investors should not at all be surprised about the "sell the news" reaction that has been seen.
This week will mark the floodgates opening as far as the number of key companies reporting earnings. AT&T reports Tuesday morning and Verizon Communications reports on Thursday morning.
T-Mobile US, which of late has been calling itself the "Uncarrier," revealed its latest in a series of efforts to shake up the wireless industry: abolishing overage fees. Will its larger rivals…
bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsThe current sell-off of major U.S. stocks and the resulting drop in the primary indexes shows many signs it could continue. Investors have shown anxiety over high valuations of…
thinkstockApril 8, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the tech momentum stocks rocking the Nasdaq Composite higher. Consumer discretionary stocks picked up later in the morning and the three major indexes…
AT&T said Wednesday that it will hire more than 3,000 additional staff for its retail operations over the next several months. The new hires are needed to meet increased demand in its…
ThinkstockThe analysts at Oppenheimer are making a single huge statement in a new research report. They see more technological change occurring in the next three years than at any point since the…
On April 25, T-Mobile US customers will no longer be able to buy BlackBerry handsets through the wireless company. No reason was given, but there are several likely causes.
ThinkstockWhen the S&P 500 index rises more than 25% in a year, you have to figure that some of the largest U.S. corporations are doing pretty well. And you would be right.…
When Apple launches the iPhone 6, its management needs to struggle with the balance between the product's features and the price it charges. It may have to trade off price to gain…
ThinkstockShares of DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) are both gaining on a Bloomberg TV report that Dish’s Charlie Ergen has approached DirecTV about a possible merger. While this…
