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Don't Be a Jerk! You'll Make More Money
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 7:59am | 676Read More...Regardless of your industry, the push towards a kinder and gentler office environment is here to stay. Whether you’re a small business owner, a manager or a trader, know this: If you work for, invest in or act like a jerk, you’re probably not making as much money as you could be. Here’s why...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 5
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 4:19pm | 1059Read More...The earnings season is beginning to wind down, and much of the focus this week will turn to central bank meetings and economic data from China and the United States. But, there are still plenty of earnings reports on the schedule this week, including those from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time...
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Strong Results Expected in the Wake of Emmy Nods
Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 12:08pm | 812Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which garnered 14 Emmy nominations last week for its original programming, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Monday, July 22, after the end of the trading session. Investors will be looking to see whether the success of "Arrested Development" and "...
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Google Preparing For Entry Into Online Television (GOOG)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 12:06pm | 775Read More...According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting ready to put its considerable financial weight behind an Over The Top (OTT) television programing service. OTT refers to broadcast on-demand television content delivered on “top” of existing broadband...
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Fox to Take on DISH Kangaroo in Court
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 3:46pm | 579Read More...DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) wants you to be free to skip past its commercials for AutoHop – a DISH feature that lets you skip past commercials. News Corp’s (NASDAQ: NWSA) Fox Broadcasting Co. wants to force you to watch AutoHop ads, but doesn’t want you to use the feature. If that’s not irony...
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Apple's New Milestone and Other Hot Tech Stories from the Past Week
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 9:41am | 176Read More...Between the unveiling of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One and the announcement that Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) had acquired Tumblr, it appeared that the previous week (May 19 through May 25) would lead the month for the biggest stories. The following week (May 26 through June 1) proved to be nearly...
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Will Microsoft's Xbox One Help or Hurt Comcast, Other Cable Giants?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:40am | 574Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is dedicated to changing the way consumers watch television, but it has no intention of eliminating pay-TV giants like Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) or Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). AllThingsD's Peter Kafka wrote a piece speculating that, after...
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Comcast and Other Wireless Stocks Worth a Look Now
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 1:09pm | 830Read More...In the just released report on the results of an analysis of first-quarter earnings from communication and wireless stocks, Oppenheimer analysts suggest that social networking, mobile video and online gaming will continue to boost the growth of wireless data and cloud services providers. The three...
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Will SoftBank Raise its Offer to Buy Sprint?
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 9:18am | 516Read More...Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) Chairman Charlie Ergen thinks that SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son was bluffing when he said that he would not raise the price of his offer for Sprint (NYSE: S). The two corporate leaders got into a war of words this week, but instead of tweeting back and forth like a bunch...
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Barron's Recap: Bulls Run Rampant
Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 1:27pm | 860Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: results of Barron's Big Money survey and the prospects for gold mining stocks, Chiquita Brands and CommonWealth REIT. Cover Story "Dow 16,000!" by Jack Willoughby. The latest Barron's Big Money poll shows record levels of bullishness among money managers in the...
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Another Profitable Quarter Expected
Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 1:31pm | 730Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which has been one of the top performing S&P 500 members so far this year, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2013 results Monday, April 22, after the markets close. Investors will be looking to see whether subscriber growth and international expansion will...
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Sprint, Dish Network Could Merge in Unexpected $25.5 Billion Deal
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 7:47am | 565Read More...Sprint (NYSE: S) has become one of the most attractive telecommunications companies in the world, having earned a $20.1 billion bid from Japan-based SoftBank last fall. Now the company has another suitor: DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH). The satellite TV giant surprised the world Monday morning when...
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Quarterly Net Loss to Take Bite out of Full-Year Profit
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 12:02pm | 695Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which recently set content deals with Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Wednesday, January 23 after market close. Investors will be looking to see whether previously sluggish subscriber...
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The New York Times and Other Media Takeover Targets in 2013 (DISH, SIRI, NYT)
Monday, December 24, 2012 - 8:42am | 758Read More...Marketwatch suggests that media stocks Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH), Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) are among the likely takeover candidates in the new year. Whether someone wants their spectrum, another company already effectively controls them, or they have...
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Will Netflix Still be Around When Disney Comes to Town?
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 10:54am | 696Read More...Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) rose more than nine percent Tuesday afternoon after the company announced that it will offer new content from Disney (NYSE: DIS) in 2016. Starting next year, Disney will also provide a number of direct-to-video releases to Netflix. The news sent shockwaves through...
















