Verizon Communications Inc
NYSE: VZ
$41.33
-$0.29 (-0.7%)
Closing Price on October 29, 2024
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Most research from Gartner, IDC, and Yankee Group, firms which follow tech trends, shows that people do not want to watch video on their phones. The picture quality is awful. No one can see the...
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Cablevision (CVC) is apparently looking at buying Long Island newspaper Newsday with Jared Kushner, a rich youngster who owns the tiny weekly The New York Observer. As far any anyone knows, the...
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Verizon (VZ) had a quarter which indicated that no matter what is wrong with the economy people are still subscribing to cellular service. Revenue at the phone company rose 5.5% to $23.8 billion....
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AT&T (T) had a good quarter, powered by its wireless service. For the quarter ended March 31, 2008, AT&T’s revenues totaled $30.7 billion, up 6.1 percent versus reported results in the...
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According to Reuters, Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI) said it has offered to buy Circuit City (NYSE:CC) for $6 to $8 in cash. Reuters writes that a merger between Delta (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest (NYSE:NWA)...
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Verizon (NYSE: VZ) went sniveling into US District Court to complain that Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) was running misleading ads about the phone company’s new fiber optic TV and broadband...
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According to Reuters, Bernanke says that the current financial system can be fixed. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) is using Frank Quattrone as its investment bank advisor. Reuters reports that...
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One topic we cover at a673b.bigscoots-temp.com with regularity is share buybacks from major companies. While we are starting to see a slower pace in fresh buyback announcements compared to 2006 and 2007, the...
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Now that AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless have picked up oodles of spectrum at the FCC auctions, investors want to know what all that money went for. The answer is that both companies plan to build...
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According to Reuters,US non-farm pay-rolls are likely to fall by 60,000. Reuters reports that Fed official are playingt down rate cut expectations. Reuters writes that the ex-ceo of UBS (UBS) wants...
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Once The Justice Department cleared the merger of Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI) with XM Satellite (NASDAQ: XMSR) and there was some anticipation that the deal would get done the shares of both companies...
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The largest losers among the big companies in the S&P 500 for the first quarter were: Microsoft (MSFT) down 21.6%, Google (GOOG) down 36.7%, Apple (AAPL) down 27.8%, Intel (INTC) down 22%,...
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The phone companies came up with a "cable slayer" when they went into the market with fiber-to-the-home. Suddenly they could deliver ultra-fast broadband and 500 channel TV. They have high def to...
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Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has started to give the cable companies fits with its new fiber-based TV and broadband services. The offering has all of the advantages of cable products and claims to have faster...
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According to The New York Times, JP Morgan (JPM) is in talks to raise it bid for Bear Stearns (BSC) from $2 to $10. Reuters writes that analysts now see a steep drop in Q1 earnings for S&P 500....
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