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Companies and Brands
Five States Where People Don’t Have Home Phones
A new Pew study finds that in rural states as many as 50% of households are "wireless only," having abandoned their home phones, probably permanently.
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Consumer Electronics
Does BlackBerry Make a Single Product Anyone Wants?
Does struggling smartphone company BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) make a single product consumers or business people want? Because that, more than financial losses and restructuring, is what ultimately matters if the company…
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Investing
The 5 Stocks That Moved the Market on Tuesday
thinkstockDecember 17, 2013: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday, but the DJIA couldn’t hold onto its early gains though it bounced once more into positive territory before settling on the down side. All…
11:40am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Sprint and Dish Network Bury the Hatchet
ThinkstockDish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) did all it could, first to acquire Clearwire, then to prevent SoftBank from acquiring a majority position in Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). Neither plan worked out, but…
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Telecom & Wireless
How a Sprint T-Mobile Stacks Up Against Verizon and AT&T
Jon Ogg in NYCThe merger gods have their worshipers yearning for more deals going into year-end. The proposed merger of Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) is not exactly…
9:21am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Sprint Studies Acquisition of T-Mobile: Report
courtesy of Sprint Corp.What the U.S. wireless market needs, at least according to Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) is three major wireless carriers, not four, and the Japanese-controlled firm is reported to be…
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Investing
The 5 Stocks That Moved the Market on Wednesday
thinkstockDecember 11, 2013: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday morning on another day of relatively light trading and yet more profit-taking. The DJIA closed down 0.81%, the S&P 500 closed down 1.13%,…
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Investing
Big Short Interest Changes in High-Yield Dividend Stocks
courtesy of VerizonThe short interest data for the end of November is out, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends out there. Some of the…
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Investing
Meet the Preliminary 2014 Dogs of the Dow: Dividends Galore
ThinkstockThere is a trend at the end of each year followed by many income investors. This is the Dogs of the Dow, which is simply made up of the 10 Dow Jones…
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Consumer Electronics
Google Launches Low-Cost Moto G Phone in Time for Holiday Buyers
Google Inc.Earlier this month Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its low-priced Moto G smartphone at an event in Brazil and the phone was scheduled to launch in the U.S. early next year.…
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Telecom & Wireless
Sprint Gets Lowest Marks in Consumer Reports Survey
courtesy of Sprint Corp.If Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) hopes to effectively compete with its largest rivals AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), and its new controlling shareholder —…
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Telecom & Wireless
Top Broadband Speed and Infrastructure Stocks to Buy
ThinkstockThe need for speed, whether wireline or wireless, continues to drive the direction of most of the top companies in the Robert Baird Communication Services and Technology coverage universe. The quality of…
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Investing
Big Companies Under Attack from Short Sellers
ThinkstockThe latest report on short interest shows some pretty big names getting slammed pretty hard by short sellers. We thought it would be interesting to look at five heavily traded large cap…
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Investing
Short Sellers Made Big Changes in High-Yield Dividend Stocks
We have now seen the short interest reports from the October 31 settlement date and have compared them to the October 15 settlement date. This is important because it reflects the opinions…
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Telecom & Wireless
T-Mobile US Posts Big Subscriber Gain
courtesy of Apple Inc.T-Mobile US Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The wireless carrier posted revenues of $6.69 billion, compared with revenues of $6.15 billion in…