According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs (GS) offered $1.5 billion for reinsurance broker Benfield Reuters writes that Alan Greenspan thinks the chance of a US recession is still below 50/50. Reuters reports that…
Today’s rally in shares of EchoStar Communications (NASDAQ:DISH) can probably hold its thanks to TheStreet.com putting out an article and video noting that AT&T (NYSE:T) may be closer to acquiring the satellite…
Comcast (CMCSA), the nation’s largest cable company, hit a 52-week low today at $23.13. AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are within pennies of their annual highs. It was not supposed to work…
Recent comments from Comcast (CMCSA)t about the emerging strength of high speed fiber products being sold by Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) has pushed the shares of the largest US cable company…
Nokia (NOK) is launching a new phone on which "users can make calls over the Internet when they are in range of an unlicensed wireless network, such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi," according…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said it isn’t too late to get in after the post-FOMC rally seen over the last two days. He thinks this is like the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Deutsche Telekom (DT) is buying SunCom Wireless (TPC) for $1.6 billion. The German phone giant will pay $27 a share. TPC stock closed at $22 on Friday. SunCom has one million customers…
24/7 Wall St. mentioned a few days ago that Level 3 (LVLT) has traded off sharply this year, probably due to its huge level of junk debt. The company has been able…
Sprint (S) has come up with an unusually clever new business. It has set up deals with 30 retailers to allow customers to compare and buy nearly seven million products over phones…
Douglas A. McIntyre NTP, the same company that filed patent suits against RIMM, has filed claims against Verizon Wireless, AT&T (T) and Sprint (S). NTP won a $612.5 million judgment against the Blackberry maker. NTP…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Sony (SNE) will begin to launch new versions of it Blu-ray recorders in it battle against the HD DVD format. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) has won exclusive rights…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer continued his ‘fantasy football draft pick’ methodology in picking stocks for a portfolio that will withstand a recession. Tonight after a strong market he wants to…
Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, who makes a living walking through AT&T (T) stores counting Apple (AAPL) iPhone sales says that the recent $200 price cut has increased unit sales by 300% from…
The Inquirer calls Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone the "Jesus" phone. According to the website, AAPL has signed a deal with 3G hardware provider Interdigital to provide the big consumer electronics company the pieces…
NTT Docomo (DCM), which has over half of Japan’s $78 billion wireless market, is cutting its basic fees in half Why? Smaller rivals KDDI and Softbank have brought down their charges. In…
