The management and shareholders of Vodafone, the minority shareholder of Verizon Wireless had a good day. The largest cellular carrier in the U.S. issued an $8.5 billion dividend to its two holders,…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockVerizon Communication Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) are about to get a nice inflow into the corporate coffers. Verizon Wireless has declared distributions in the sum of a total…
Short sellers took into consideration that taxes will be going up for many dividend investors. We have tracked the changes in the October 31 settlement date, versus the October 15 settlement date,…
ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was…
Trying to figure out the impact of tablets on a how a given person spends time connected to the rest of the world requires a lot of patience and a sharp eye…
Short sellers appear to be increasing their bets against some of the key dividend stocks we track, judging by the October 15 settlement date for the short interest versus the September 28…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
