This past week we could not help noticing how low tobacco dividends have become. The driving force may be a tie-up coming between Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) and Lorillard Inc. (NYSE:…
An agreement between Sprint and T-Mobile has been reached, according to a report from Reuters, for a deal valued at $32 billion.
Ciena reported better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. Sales in the company's largest division, converged packet optical equipment, rose about 21%.
ThinkstockWith the stock market reaching new heights daily, companies’ profit margins at multi-decade highs, and falling unemployment, many Americans may be wondering when they will start to see the benefits of the…
Wikimedia CommonsAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) had a sale of $2 billion in corporate bonds slated for Tuesday. Investors need to care about this offering because this represents AT&T’s first real attempt to…
A new report from Jefferies cites the distinct possibility that the new AT&T focus on satellite delivery and other initiatives could prove damaging to some of the top tech companies that serve…
Samsung's indestructible Galaxy S5 Active has just hit the shelves at AT&T stores. Both companies are about to find out whether anyone wants a smartphone that is almost bullet proof.
The battle over net neutrality and the impact of the proposed mergers between may finally have called attention to the sorry state of broadband in general in the United States.
ThinkstockDividend payments by S&P 500 companies reached an all-time high last year, totaling some $330.8 billion, according to FactSet. As of this March, 418 of the 500 companies in the index paid…
ThinkstockWhen you get the players in any possible deal in one room or area, and you get them to start talking a bit, you sometimes may get a little closer to what…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold large positions not only in troubled companies like J.C. Penney, but also in blue chips like Bank of America and AT&T. As of…
ThinkstockEvery time the economy gets good again, and every time the stock market gets high again, waves of mergers and acquisitions begin taking place. The stock market’s bull run is now more…
ThinkstockThe remote control in the hand of an average American now has a selection of 189 TV channels available for viewing. That is an increase of almost 50% in the past six…
In a new report from UBS, not only is the deal DirecTV-AT&T scrutinized, but the case is made that the company that ends up the winner in this gigantic merger may very…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday, May 22, 2014. They include CenturyLink, Facebook, Keurig Green Mountain, SodaStream and Sprint.
