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Market Wrap For January 21: Dow Hit by Earnings; S&P And Nasdaq End The Day Positive
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 5:51pm | 2887Read More...Markets ended the day mixed with the S&P 500 ending a two day losing streak. The Dow ended the day slightly in the negative as several Dow components failed to fully satisfy investor expectations with their earnings today. Investors also digested the latest commentary coming from the Wall...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For January 21
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 11:44am | 702Read More...Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Google Hyundai Motor is set to reveal that its second-generation Blue Link system will debut in its upscale Genesis model. Blue Link will include Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) search capabilities in its navigation system and a Google Glass...
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Verizon Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth To Continue?
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:27pm | 750Read More...Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), which won a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals last week in a case about whether the FCC had the authority to enforce net neutrality, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results Tuesday, January 21, before the opening bell. Investors...
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Sony To Test Cloud-Based Cable Television
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 2:49pm | 537Read More...In a move that could increase competition and give consumers more cable TV choices, Sony (NYSE: SNE) said Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it planned to start testing a cloud-based TV service in 2014. The company said the yet-to-be-named service would include live...
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Five Stocks Below Their 50 Day Moving Average
Monday, December 30, 2013 - 9:32am | 492Read More...Looking for some ideas going into 2014? Benzinga put together a few names that are priced below their 50-day moving average. That doesn’t make them a buy, but it does mean that they’re worth a look. Are they great stocks on sale or is something going on that should make you look elsewhere?...
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How Big A Role Will U.S. Regulators Play In A Potential T-Mobile Takeover?
Thursday, December 26, 2013 - 12:26pm | 618Read More...T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) is a takeover target. That much seems almost certain. Whether it will eventually be acquired by Sprint (NYSE: S), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) or someone else is open to debate. As the various players position themselves, one entity stands ready to make or break any...
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Apple Still Has China Mobile Problems To Solve
Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - 9:49am | 571Read More...Don’t look for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) six percent share of the Chinese smartphone market to ramp up anytime soon. Despite the landmark deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL), Apple still has a distinct disadvantage in the world’s largest smartphone market. And that disadvantage, according to...
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Verizon Will Be First To Report Details About Government Data Requests
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 12:10pm | 590Read More...Setting a precedent for the telecom industry, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said Thursday that beginning next year it would publish detailed reports on the number of government requests it receives for customer data, according to The Associated Press. Verizon said it would publish its first report online...
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Is Dish About To Pounce On T-Mobile?
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 12:21pm | 653Read More...First, there were rumors that Sprint (NYSE: S) was flirting with the notion of acquiring T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS). Despite a pretty good case for a possible merger made by The Wall Street Journal, there was and is a catch: Should such a merger be approved, the market would end up dominated by...
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Verizon Could Announce OnCue Deal This Week, Say Sources
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 10:42am | 595Read More...Recent industry chatter about the possibility of streaming only cable may have been more than idle chatter. Sources told Bloomberg Friday that Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) was close to a deal with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to buy its OnCue Internet based pay-tv service. According to Bloomberg’s...
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Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Faces at Least Four Major Hurdles
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 9:47am | 548Read More...On Friday, rumors began circulating that Sprint (NYSE: S) was preparing a bid for small rival T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS). Even if the rumors are true, it doesn’t appear that Sprint would make an offer until sometime during the first half of 2014. But, a rumor that likely wouldn’t come to fruition...
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'Streaming Only Cable Service is Coming,' Say Experts
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 10:37am | 581Read More...Speculation about so-called over-the-top or streaming cable via the Internet has been around for years. According to some TV-industry experts, it may be about to happen – as early as in 2014. Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) CEO Philippe Dauman started the ball rolling at the UBS media conference in New...
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Dish is Clear Frontrunner in January H-Block Spectrum Sale
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 10:23am | 530Read More...If all goes as expected, Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) will be picking up a chunk of H-Block wireless spectrum in January. Dish CEO Charlie Ergen will have little in the way of competition based on the list of 34 bidders released by the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday....
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China Mobile, Apple Ink an iPhone Deal
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 9:39am | 488Read More...It appears that the deal is all but official between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL). The Wall Street Journal reported that China Mobile signed a deal with Apple to bring iPhones to its soon-to-rollout high speed 4G network. There’s no official word from Apple or China Mobile...
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The Apple - China Mobile Deal By The Numbers
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 9:17am | 479Read More...The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumor mill has China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) on the brain right now and based on the advertisements that were leaked, it appears that China Mobile customers will have access to the iPhone very soon. The launch date is rumored to be December 18—the date the company is set to...
















