Rumors

With Sprint, T-Mobile Gets Poorly Run Company With Poor Service (Update)

Posted: April 28, 2018 at 8:40 am

Update: The deal closes with Sprint valued at $26 billion, and T-Mobile at $55 million. Together, the new entity will have about as many wireless customers as AT&T and Verizon ...
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New Sprint/T-Mobile M&A Talks Rekindle Interest in Telecom Sector

Posted: April 10, 2018 at 1:25 pm

As if there was not enough going on in the world, now investors and traders get to deal with the possibility that an on-again-off-again merger may be coming back to ...
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Is Wynn a Good Deal for MGM Resorts?

Posted: April 6, 2018 at 11:05 am

Now that founder and CEO Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) has sold all his stock in the company, MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) may be interested in ...
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Why Walmart Might Want to Acquire Humana

Posted: March 30, 2018 at 9:10 am

Late Thursday, reports began to trickle in that retail behemoth Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was in preliminary negotiations to acquire health insurer Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Humana's market cap of ...
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Does a Target, Kroger Merger Make Sense?

Posted: March 23, 2018 at 10:15 am

In an exclusive report published Friday morning, Fast Company cited people familiar with the matter who said that Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) and Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) are discussing a ...
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When Broadcom, Qualcomm, NXP, Intel and AMD Are All in the Same Rumor Mill at Once

Posted: March 16, 2018 at 10:35 am

The world of semiconductor mergers was trying to move from already large up to massive. Now it seems like there may be at least some more rational exuberance in the ...
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Xerox May Be Taken Out of Its Misery

Posted: January 22, 2018 at 6:50 am

Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) has been in deep trouble for years. It did not make the train traveling toward the digital storage and sharing of documents and corporate data. According ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: October 27, 2017 at 5:01 am

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) smashed earnings expectations, due in part to its Amazon Web Services cloud business. Its shares soared. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) earnings were better than expected, primarily ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: October 5, 2017 at 5:02 am

OPEC is trying to convince Russia to continue to participate in a program to raise oil prices. Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google released a series of smartphones, speakers, earbuds and ...
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Why Jefferies Analysts Like Fiat Chrysler Buyout

Posted: August 15, 2017 at 1:25 pm

Reports surfaced earlier this week that an unspecified Chinese company had made an offer for automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE: FCAU). The stock price jumped sharply and traded in ...
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Is Walmart Chasing Another Online Retailer?

Posted: August 9, 2017 at 1:35 pm

Continuing on the path that brought e-commerce sites like Jet.com, Bonobos and ModCloth into its tent, mega-retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is reported to be discussing another acquisition. This ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: July 31, 2017 at 5:07 am

Charter Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) says it is not interested in buying troubled wireless carrier Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). Rumors suggest the companies have been in conversations for weeks. The ...
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What Will Be in the Next, Next iPhone?

Posted: July 6, 2017 at 1:15 pm

The pixels are barely cool from speculation about Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) so-called iPhone 8 feature list and already we have our first leak of what to expect in the ...
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Will Walmart Bid for Whole Foods?

Posted: June 22, 2017 at 10:20 am

The Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) buyout of Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) was partially to flank Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which counts on groceries for a large portion ...
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How Much Sprint Might Actually Fetch in a Rumored Merger With T-Mobile US

Posted: June 20, 2017 at 1:50 pm

If there is one merger target that has been rumored for years, one company that has already seen a failed merger in recent years, it's Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). There ...
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