Verizon Communications Inc
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All of the rumored good news out of Sprint (S) took the stock on a magic carpet ride yesterday. First there were reports that Deutsche Telekom (DT) might buy the whole company. Then there were rumors...
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According to Reuters, UBS (UBS) will cut 5,500 jobs. The company is also selling $15 billion in subprime mortgage paper to Blackrock. Reuters writes that Bernanke says that high foreclosure rates are...
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Sprint (NYSE: S) may have found a buyer. The interested party is German phone giant Deutsche Telekom NYSE: DT). DT owns the fourth largest cellular carrier in the US. Sprint has the third largest...
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Comcast (CMCSA) had a very good quarter, and did especially well taking phone customers from its Bell rivals. Revenue was up 14% to 8.389 billion. Operating income moved up 23% to $1.555 billion. One...
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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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