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Investing
More Analyst Sell Ratings as Markets Hit New Highs
24/7 Wall St. has seen a marked increase in the number of stocks being cut to Underperform or Sell, and some of them have been the darlings of momentum traders for the…
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Media
Netflix Did Not Sell Out to Comcast
Most opinion seems to be that Netflix gave up on its stand for net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated identically, when it agreed to pay a fee…
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Retail
Amazon Boosts Rates on Prime in Europe
Wikimedia CommonsOnline retailer Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has merged its Amazon Prime and Lovefilm instant video services in the U.K and Germany and prices will go up beginning next week. Amazon’s CFO…
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Media
Netflix Feels Big Carrier Squeeze
If you have noticed that loading videos from Netflix is taking a ridiculous amount of time, you are not alone. The big telecommunications companies have been slowing Netflix's streaming capacity because Netflix…
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Services
Top Online Service Brands Connect With Customers
Research firm Brand Keys released on Wednesday its 2014 customer loyalty index for online service brands. The firm tracks 70 brands in seven categories. See how top brands like Amazon, Google and…
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Media
Comcast: A Monopoly or a Monopsony?
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…
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Media
What Happens If Government Kills Comcast Deal for Time Warner? Nothing
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…
8:20am ET
Media
Comcast, Time Warner Deal Changes the Cable Landscape
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…
6:27am ET
Media
A Free Facebook Smartphone?
In the past several weeks, several content providers have pressed wireless carriers to offer their services free from the normal fees for access to their products or services. Facebook is the latest…
2:41pm ET
Investing
Is MagicJack Really the Next Netflix?
ThinkstockMagicJack VocalTec Ltd. (NASDAQ: CALL) has been surging on Monday, on what appears to be no real news. The driving force is a newsletter plug from fund manager Whitney Tilson. What is…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AOL, Echelon, Fairway Group, LinkedIn, Lululemon, More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Friday, February 7, 2014. They include AOL, Echelon, Fairway, LinkedIn and Lululemon.
11:45am ET
Services
Amazon Could Keep Prime Low to Hammer Apple
On the company's earnings call last week, Amazon.com said that it may raise the price on its subscription shipping service, Amazon Prime, from its current level of $79 a year to as…
10:05am ET
Investing
Four Stocks That Refuse to Sell Off With the Stock Market
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%…
7:53am ET
Media
Netflix Rating Upped at Moody’s
courtesy of Netflix Inc.Moody’s gave some confirmation that the debacles that plagued Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) in late 2012 and crippled its share price are well behind the company. Its relationship with…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Citrix, Google, LabCorp, Raytheon and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, January 31, 2014. They include Amazon.com, Citrix Systems, Google, LabCorp and Raytheon.