Sprint Preparing Financing for T-Mobile Bid: Report
at The Street - Wed Apr 30, 5:15PM CDT
Sprint is in the process of raising financing for a takeover bid for competitor T-Mobile as the company works to press a merger of the nation's third and fourth largest wireless carriers.
Final Glance: Telecom companies
AP - Wed Apr 30, 5:07PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top telecom companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Will Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Miss Earnings Estimates? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 30, 3:39PM CDT
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) is set to report first-quarter 2014 results on May 1.
Amazon.com Inc. and AT&T, Inc. Are Telling Us Something About Netflix, Inc.
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 2:50PM CDT
Enormous companies like Amazon.com Inc. and AT&T, Inc. often use acquisitions to enter new industries. Amazon and AT&T in particular have historically been very acquisitive, yet strangely both have decided to enter the video streaming...
3 Great Stock Picks for a Roth IRA
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 2:04PM CDT
The U.S. has a serious retirement crisis on its hands. As our population ages, millions upon millions of Americans are in or nearing retirement, and many of them are woefully unprepared financially. Retirement planning is a daunting yet necessary...
Midday Glance: Telecom companies
AP - Wed Apr 30, 1:12PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top telecom companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
Early Glance: Telecom companies
AP - Wed Apr 30, 9:46AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top telecom companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
Will iPhone 5 Help FreedomPop's Phone Service Disrupt the Mobile Industry?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 9:16AM CDT
T-Mobile has cast itself as the maverick company in the mobile phone industry mostly by calling out its competitors on long-standing industry practices that take advantage of consumers. In doing that CEO John Legere has forced competitors to take...
Is CenturyLink, Inc. Destined for Greatness?
Alex Planes, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 30, 9:05AM CDT
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating gains, with robust and improving financial metrics that support strong price...
Google Fiber Is Shaping Up to Be an Expensive Headache for AT&T
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 6:35PM CDT
AT&T wants to expand high-speed fiber Internet access to 21 major metropolitan areas. Fool contributor Tim Beyers explains the company's motivation, and its implications, in the following video. In a press release earlier this month,...
Is AT&T Psychic?
Daniel Jones, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 6:30PM CDT
Source: Wikimedia Commons On April 21, Netflix released its earnings report for the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year. In it, the company announced that AT&T , one of the nation's largest broadband providers, has been...
4 Stocks Moving Today: Coach, Sprint, GOGO, and Merck
Alison Southwick, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 5:11PM CDT
Coach took a big hit today, after reporting a 21% decline in same-store sales in North America. The company is looking to counter this by expanding beyond handbags to other fashion, but will the move be enough if the brand is losing popularity? ...
Most active New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks
AP - Tue Apr 29, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Can Amdocs (DOX) Surprise This Earnings Season? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Apr 29, 4:30PM CDT
Amdocs Limited (DOX), a leading provider of customer experience systems and services, is slated to report second-quarter fiscal 2014 results after the closing bell on Apr 30, 2014.
AT&T to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Apr 29, 4:14PM CDT
AT&T (T) will reportedly offer in-flight Wi-Fi service.
Why Gogo Inc. Shares Crashed and Burned Today
Alex Planes, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 3:20PM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Gogo lost roughly 28% of their value...
Can Equinix Inc. (EQIX) Surprise on Earnings? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Apr 29, 2:39PM CDT
Equinix Inc. (EQIX) is set to report first-quarter 2014 results on Apr 30.
Telecom Wars: Which Carrier Is the Best Value?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 12:45PM CDT
For telecom companies, the addition of new subscribers is the ultimate indication of longevity, as consumers are typically locked into contracts. In this regard, Verizon always performs better than AT&T , which is one reason that Verizon's...
Surviving Gogo In an AT&T World
at The Street - Tue Apr 29, 12:34PM CDT
Profit while others panic and run around as if their heads were cut off.