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Investing
Verizon (VZ) Has A Good Time
Verizon (VZ) is doing just fine, recession or no. Its earning moved up 31% in Q3. Whether it can keep that up is a matter of opinion but at least the phone…
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Douglas A. McIntyre 5:42am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia (NOK): The Cellphone Business Used To Be Great
Nokia (NOK) is a great company for two reasons. It has been run so well that it has nearly 40% of the global cellphone business even though it is headquartered in an…
5:16am ET
Investing
Earnings On Deck: Only Nine Companies Will Matter
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
10:14am ET
Investing
Ten Things To Do To Save Yourself In a Market Meltdown (AAPL)(GOOG)(SIRI)(MCD)(INTC)
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
2:53am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) reported weak earnings and cut its dividend. Reuters reports that Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C) agreed to drop litigation for now and negotiate over…
2:47am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/24/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs (GS). Reuters says that the Paulson bailout plan is being attacked in Congress. Reuters reports that Japanese banks, in trouble a…
8:26am ET
Telecom & Wireless
24/7 Wall St. Exclusive Interview With Sprint (S) CEO Dan Hesse
24/7 Wall St. asked Sprint (S) CEO Dan Hesse a few questions.Here are his answers. 24/7: Sprint has clearly had trouble with customer service which has shown up in studies like JD…
3:13pm ET
Investing
The Five Stocks To Buy After Labor Day (VZ)(F)(LEH)(BA)(GE)
There was some ray of hope that the second half of the year would be OK when the government revised GDP up 2.2% for the second quarter. A number of economists looked…
5:19am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Google (GOOG) Wins The Mobile Search Wars
It looks like Google (GOOG) will strike a deal to be the default search feature on all of Verizon’s (VZ) cellular handsets. Since the phone company has about 70 million subscribers, the…
3:01am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett and the head of Blackstone (BX) called for a solution to the govenment’s growing debt load and reliance of foreign investors to finance US borrowing. Reuters reports…
3:57am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Google (GOOG) Lands Deal With No. 4 Cellular Carrier, What Happened To No.1?
The New York Times reports that T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a cell phone powered by Google’s (GOOG) much-anticipated Android software. HTC will provide manufacturing, and the phone could…
5:27am ET
Jobs
Verizon (VZ) Bests Its Unions
Verizon (VZ) managed to dodge a strike by about 65,000 of its workers. It would have crippled the company’s landline and broadband businesses and might have caused investors to dump the stock…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:53am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/11/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters reports that UPS (UPS) is trying to buy Dutch rival TNT Reuters writes that credit unions are being hit by mortgage market problems. Reuters reports that GATX (GMT) is offering over…
8:01am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Gabelli Enters SPAC IPO Game (GBL, VZ)
Last night there was a filing from Gabelli Entertainment & Telecommunications Acquisition Corp. to come public via an initial public offering for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) or a blank-check company.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 10:31am ET
Investing
Does Comcast (CMCSA) Deserve The Benefit Of The Doubt?
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is a company that Wall Street just loves to hate. Much of the antipathy directed toward the Philadelphia-based cable giant seems justified since it faces a myriad of…