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A Look Into Some Of Carl Icahn's Top Stock Picks
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 2:34pm | 886Read More...Activist Investor Carl Icahn rattled the cage again last week at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), one of his top stock picks at the moment, along with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In his latest letter to eBay shareholders, Icahn said he had "not yet begun to fight...
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Redbox Instant Is 'Likely' To Close Its Doors In 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 1:04pm | 767Read More...Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Outerwall's (NASDAQ: OUTR) streaming video venture could soon come to an end. The two teamed up to create a new and unique competitor to Netflix, one that would incorporate the best of two completely separate worlds. From the start, Redbox Instant was designed to give...
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Two Million New Subscribers?
Monday, January 20, 2014 - 11:00am | 760Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which appears to preparing for expansion into Germany and France, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, January 22, after the end of the trading session. Netflix finished 2013 as the single best-performing stock in the S&P 500 index....
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Eyes On Subscriber Growth
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 12:14pm | 803Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which just announced a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) to produce more original programming, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2013 results Monday, October 21, after the end of the trading session. Investors will be looking for continued strong subscriber growth and...
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Barron's Recap: The Changing World Of MLPs
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 1:00pm | 831Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a roundtable discussion of the changing landscape of master limited partnerships, and the prospects for the Washington Post, BNP Paribas, HD Supply, Isis Pharmaceuticals and Redbox. Cover Story "MLP Boom or Bust?" by Dimitra DeFotis. Master limited partnerships (...
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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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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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Verizon Earnings Preview: EPS, Revenue Growth Expected
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 4:18pm | 587Read More...Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), shares of which have dropped about six percent in the past week and a half as the Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) buyout played out, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2012 results Thursday, October 18, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking to see,...
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Redbox Instant Coming Late November/ Early December
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 3:45pm | 507Read More...Redbox Instant, the Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) Verizon (NYSE: VZ) joint venture will launch before the 2012 holiday season according to a Bloomberg report released Saturday. The venture, which is 65 percent owned by Verizon, will build on Coinstar's current video rental service, Redbox, and move it...
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Comcast to Charge $300 for New Internet Service
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 8:55am | 435Read More...Following the announcement that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is doubling the speed of two of its existing Xfinity Internet services (Xfinity Blast! and Extreme 50), the company has announced Xfinity Platinum Internet, its fastest broadband service yet. However, there is one thing Comcast has not yet...
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Three Competitors Outperforming Netflix
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 3:18pm | 648Read More...With news that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) may be hiding more than $3.6 billion in debt off its books, both subscribers and investors may be thinking about other options. Citigroup (NYSE: C), in its recently released report on Netflix, remained positive on the stock, though it did mention that...
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Redbox Continues its Netflix Assault with Canadian Invasion
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 11:03am | 385Read More...Netflix can run but it can't hide from Redbox's continued growth and expansion. This time the DVD rental service, which is owned and operated by Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), is bringing its famed kiosks to Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) stores all across Canada. According to The Globe and Mail, Redbox has also...
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EcoATM's Entrepreneurial Recycling: CSTR's "Next Big Idea" Secures Series B
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 7:59pm | 574Read More...Recycling has a capitalist slant as kiosk "e-cycling" company ecoATM secured its Series B funding round at approximately $17 million and a Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation ("NSF") for up to $1 million last week. Previous investors Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), TAO Ventures, and...
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Verizon Communications Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 7:01am | 913Read More...Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, April 19, before the markets open. Verizon ended 2011 with improving top and bottom lines. Its wireless business remained healthy, with strong gross subscriber additions. The company also reduced its...
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Will Comcast and Verizon Crush Netflix?
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 11:24am | 652Read More...2012 has been the year of new streaming video services. Coinstar's (NASDAQ: CSTR) Redbox and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) announced earlier this month that they will partner up to launch a new service to challenge the market leader Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In addition, just two days ago...
