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Apps & Software
Google’s One Set-Top Box Too Many
Google will release a set-top box into a market that is already crowded, so Google's chance of taking market share from incumbents is low.
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Technology
Level 3-TW Merger, Poison Pill in Reality
Global Internet provider Level 3 Communications announced Monday morning that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire TW Telecom for $40.86 per share in cash and stock.
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Investing
Deutsche Bank Prefers These Low P/E Stocks in a Market Correction
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyTwo factors are about ready to collide, and if history is any guide, the outcome could be ugly, at least for the short term. Since 1960, there have…
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Consumer Electronics
Amazon Mayday Button Brings Help in 9.75 Seconds
Amazon.com has released numbers showing that Kindle Fire HDX customers who used the Mayday button to get customer service enjoy a response time of an average of 9.75 seconds.
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Investing
The Ultimate Large Cap Portfolio to Buy and Hold Forever
A new report from the Portfolio Strategy team at Oppenheimer makes the case that large cap names are the only place to be now and going forward.
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Investing
Short Sellers Get Selective in High-Yield Defensive Dividend Stocks
ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of May have been released, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends we follow. Some…
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Investing
Should Tobacco Dividends Be Lower Than Telecom Dividends?
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:…
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Telecom & Wireless
Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Moves to Front Burner
An agreement between Sprint and T-Mobile has been reached, according to a report from Reuters, for a deal valued at $32 billion.
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Special Report
Eight Companies That Owe Employees a Raise
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…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Tanked the Market
thinkstockJune 3, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Tuesday and never really recovered. Trading was moderate again today and the index losses were small in most sectors. Shortly before the closing bell…
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Military
Non-Defense-Company Winners of Pentagon Contracts
Many of the contracts awarded by the Department of Defense on Friday went to companies less commonly associated with the military. Among these non-traditional winners were Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Timken,…
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Technology
Do These Top Tech Stocks Get Hurt by the AT&T-DirecTV Deal?
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…
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Media
Google Tool Measures ISP Speeds
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.
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Telecom & Wireless
Could a Sprint and T-Mobile Deal Happen Sooner Rather Than Later?
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…
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Technology
Top 2014 Trade Ideas From the J.P. Morgan TMT Conference
In a new research report, J.P. Morgan posted a list of the best ideas to come out of this year's Tech, Media and Telecom conference. We screened the list for some of…