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This weekend's Barron's cover story takes a look at the prospects for big car makers as the industry changes. Other featured articles discuss a consumer-electronics giant that is out of the doghouse and why consumer staples stocks are under pressure. The best bets in telecoms and...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Some of those calls featured stocks somewhat appropriate to the summer season. They included beverage, media and auto stocks. We are in the heart of summer, and the markets remain at all-time highs,...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Mergers were all over the headlines, particularly late in the week. The much ballyhooed FANG stocks were also in the news. In a week that saw the FANG stocks stumble, the completion of the takeover of Yahoo and the...

Straight Path Communications Inc (NYSE: STRP), a holder of an extensive portfolio of 39 GHz and 28 GHz wireless spectrum license and developer of next generation wireless technology, confirmed Thursday morning it has agreed to be acquired by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) in a deal which...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)'s status as being a premium-priced and higher-end "Tiffany network" is now being called into question after the company's first quarter earnings report. According to Argus' Joseph Bonner, Verizon's "weak" earnings report...

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)’s leap into the mobile market could add billions to the company’s service revenue, but cable subscriber growth and retention remain job No. 1, according to Deutsche Bank. XFinity Mobile, the wireless service announced Thursday by Comcast, will be...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) may have had no choice but to offer its customers unlimited data due to the heightened competitive nature of the wireless business. Verizon's peers, including T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS) have been offering unlimited data plans for quite some time. The...

Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) soared to a new 52-week high of $46.72 Wednesday morning following a report that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is close to finalizing the acquisition of Yahoo's internet properties. Verizon agreed to acquire Yahoo's internet properties last year for $4....

More than a third of the Dow components are expected to report earnings this week. Only a health care giant and an oil supermajor are expected to show solid growth on both the top and bottom lines. Both have beat earnings expectations in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter...

Three leading transportation companies are due to report earnings this week. Expectations for the two rail giants and a big airline are very different. The ongoing Trump rally and anticipation of infrastructure spending marked the quarter. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is underway...

This weekend's Barron's takes a look at the expected winners and losers following Donald Trump's election victory. The prospects for a leading biotechnology product development company and a prominent financial services company are also examined. Other featured stories offer...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) said on Wednesday it has acquired Vessel, a subscription video service founded by Hulu's former CEO Jason Kilar and former chief technology officer Richard Tom. Tech Crunch described Vessel as a "sort of Hulu for the YouTube generation." Subscribers pay $2.99...

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) continued trading lower on Friday after shares notably declined on Thursday following the company's mixed third-quarters earnings report. Here is a summary of what some of Wall Street's top analysts are saying following the earnings report. Pacific...

This weekend's Barron's takes a look at 10 dividend stocks with hefty yields and the best prospects for growth. The prospects for a leading fertilizer maker and a software security pioneer are also examined. Other featured articles ponder the prospects for a top gold mining stock and a modular...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) dished out $4.4 billion last year to acquire AOL, so why is it spending another $4.8 billion to buy Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)'s Internet properties which Warren Buffett himself said have "deteriorated significantly"? According to The...