These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms for Monday, February 24, 2014. They include Container Store, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon and 3D Systems.
ThinkstockThe $45 billion buyout that Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) offered Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWC) chopped the legs right out from under Charter Communications Inc.’s (NASDAQ: CHTR) offer of around $37 billion.…
thinkstockFebruary 19, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday and after spending some time above the break-even line, all three major indexes sank following the release of the FOMC minutes. The energy sector…
While Sony-backed films took three of the top five spots in this past weekend's U.S. box office, it was "The Lego Movie" from Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner, that came…
courtesy of ComcastThe announced $45 billion merger between Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has raised a lot of concerns among consumers that the combined company will…
What happens if the government kills the proposed combination of Time Warner Cable and Comcast? Cable service will remain poor. Customer satisfaction with cable companies will remain awful. Attempts to raise rates…
Rumors have floated of the possibility of a merger between DirecTV and DISH Network on and off for some time. The Comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable is bound to create buzz…
The announced merger between the largest U.S. cable operator, Comcast, and the second largest, Time Warner Cable, will create a media goliath with 33 million cable subscribers. But this is in an…
Cable operator Charter Communications said Tuesday morning that it has given formal notice to Time Warner Cable of its nomination of 13 independent candidates for Time Warner's board of directors.
courtesy of TwitterThe XXII Olympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Russia, belong to NBC, at least from the standpoint of traditional media coverage. Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniveral unit paid $4.38 billion…
Douglas A. McIntyre Seeing how its initial bid of $132.50 per share ($37.3 billion) for Time Warner Cable produced an immediate rejection, cable operator Charter Communications is reported to be considering sweetening its offer.
Jon OggIf the January Barometer is any guide, stocks could be in for a rough 2014. The 2013 gain of over 29% in the S&P 500 and the gain of over 26%…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsMost of the firms that we cover on Wall Street have presented their high conviction stock picks for 2014. The analysts at Credit Suisse have taken a little…
Comcast reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. It also said it will boost its dividend and increased its stock repurchase program.
Charter Communications reportedly has agreed in principle to sell Time Warner Cable systems in New York City, North Carolina and New England to Comcast if its acquisition of Time Warner Cable succeeds.
