Verizon Communications Inc

NYSE: VZ
$41.33
-$0.29 (-0.7%)
Closing Price on October 29, 2024

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Shares in AT&T (T) are up 70% over the last two years. The S&P is up less than 20% for that period. But, the big telephone company may not be able to duplicate its stellar stock performance...
Vonage (VG) settles a patent dispute with a larger company about once a month. The latest one was with Nortel (NT), a broken telecom equipment supplier which has plenty of problems of its own....
The Dogs of the Dow aren’t necessarily the worst performers of the prior year, but they pay the highest the dividend yields.  We wanted to review the 10 Dogs of the Dow to see what the outlook and...
Since it is year-end, we wanted to compile a list of the 2008 likely Dogs of the Dow.  We included Friday’s closing prices for each DJIA component and we also gave the current dividend yield.  It...
Google’s (GOOG) new Android software system for cell phones was supposed to usher in an era of consumer choice. Handsets would become open and their functions would no longer be controlled by big...
According to Reuters, Philips plans to buy-back $7.2 billion in shares. The Wall Street Journal writes that former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers believe that the government should put together...
Jim Cramer is set to host the CEO of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Ivan Seidenberg on tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC.  If you are wondering why we are previewing a preview for Cramer it’s a simple answer:...
Sprint (S) appointed a new CEO today. He seems to be perfect for the job. The new man, Dan Hesse, comes from the top spot at Embarq (EQ) and used to work at Sprint. He won’t need any time to learn...
For the better part of 100 years, the landline was the primary means of telephonic communication between consumers and between businesses. It helped create everything from the answering machine to...
Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) is seeing shares surge in after-hours trading.  The telecom provider has announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend.  The dividend is...
Not many stocks are likely to double. Even well-run companies like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are not likely to move 2x even with great results. The market caps are already too large and the law of...
AT&T (T) raised its dividend today and upped its share buy-back. The company’s stock is up almost 9% on the news, the most in five years, according to Bloomberg. It looks like the old dividend...
24/7 Wall St. has evaluated over 200 CEOs in order to select it CEO of the Year. Six finalists were chosen from the list. The measurements were based on company stock performance for the last two...
The large Middle East mobile provider Orascom, has been put on the market. The company has 65 million customers which would make it as large as any provider in the US. Speculation in The Times of...
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), announced that it would use so called Long Term Evolution for its 4G networks. The move is a huge blow to Qualcomm (QCOM)...