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Companies and Brands
High Expectations for Apple Earnings
The earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be the most important of the season. It is not only the largest company by market cap, its growth has stayed phenomenal for a…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (10/25/2012)
End of the U.K. Slump? The United Kingdom may have pulled out of a downward economic cycle. At least that is what official government data shows. For the third quarter of this…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 19, 2012: Markets Dominated by Sellers Today (VZ, NVDA, GOOG, NOK, SNDK, MCD, COF, CMG, MSFT, RVBD, BHI, HON, KSU, SLB, EW, CAT, FCX, HAS, BTU, STI, VF, AMD, MRVL, AONE)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were down slightly…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABT, AMD, BCS, GE, GOOG, HOG, ISRG, KEY, MRVL, MSFT, NOK, NVDA, PM, SNDK, SON, TXT, VZ)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.…
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Investing
Media Digest (10/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The European Union summit helps to lower bond yields for Spain and Italy. (Reuters) Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares drop badly after releases earnings early and it misses numbers. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp.…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 18, 2012: Markets Open Low, Close Lower (AAPL, DUK, COP, POT, HOG, AXP, EBAY, NE, SCSS, STLD, BSX, DO, MS, NVR, PM, LUV, SVU, UNP, VZ, AMD, COF, CMG, MSFT, RVBD, BHI, HON, KSU, SLB, GOOG, CLWR, S, NOK)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth…
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Telecom & Wireless
Verizon Performs as Expected
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The telecommunications giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 on revenues of $29 billion. In the…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 17, 2012: Markets Don’t Move Much Today (C, CSCO, TWX, RYL, ADTN, BAC, CSX, IBM, INTC, URI, ABT, BK, BLK, CHKP, CMA, HAL, KCG, PEP, USB, AXP, EBAY, NE, STLD, BSX, DO, MS, NVR, PM, LUV, SVU, UNP, VZ, CYMI, APOL, FTNT)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, and never really got untracked all day. Spanish 10-year bond yields fell 28 basis points to around 5.51%, while Spain again demurred…
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Investing
Four Bullet-Proof Dividends for a Dangerous Q4
Economists and researchers believe data for the fourth quarter demonstrate that the fiscal cliff could hammer growth between now and year’s end. If so, the stock market may take a steep tumble as it…
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Telecom & Wireless
Global Cell Phone Subscriptions Total 6 Billion
In a world with a total population of about 7 billion, cell phone subscriptions numbered about 6 billion at the end of 2011, according to a report from the U.N.’s International Telecommunications…
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Special Report
Great American Companies That Will Survive the Fiscal Cliff
The coming fiscal cliff represents a huge hurdle for America. Government and private sector forecasters have warned that the expiration of tax cuts, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in government…
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Telecom & Wireless
iPhone 5 Hit with (Another!) Bug
AppleJust when you thought the flap over the new mapping app from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would be laid to rest, the company has taken another hit to its shining armor over…
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Infrastructure
AT&T Dividend Declaration, Prelude to Hike Right Before Year-End
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has just initiated its fourth payment of a $0.44 per common share quarterly dividend. We were not expecting a dividend hike this month, but we are formally setting…
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Investing
Short Selling Activity in Big Dividend Stocks as Dividend Bubble Inflates (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)
Short sellers are still active in the high-dividend names out there. Apparently many are under the impression that the dividend bubble is worth betting against. Still, it takes keen conviction to short…
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Media
Tivo, Verizon Settle Patent Dispute; Tivo Shares Leap
Digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) announced this morning that it had settled a pending patent suit against Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and that the two companies have entered…