'Mad Money' Lightning Round: I'm Taking Verizon Over AT&T
at The Street - 44 mins ago
Cramer prefers Dow Chemicals to FMC and MGM Resorts to Las Vegas Sands.
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: The 2012 Stock Market All Over Again
at The Street - Tue Sep 02, 6:49PM CDT
Investors are dumping the industrial and technology stocks in favor of anything domestic, including health care, transportation, restaurants and entertainment, Cramer says.
Final Glance: Telecom companies
AP - Tue Sep 02, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top telecom companies were down at the close of trading:
Sprint in Deal with CCA, Targets Rural U.S. Roaming Pacts - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 02, 4:40PM CDT
In an attempt to foster growth, Sprint Corporation (S) is taking lucrative steps to revive its roaming business.
U.S. Wireless Lead At Risk, Losses Possible: Deloitte
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Sep 02, 3:27PM CDT
The U.S. leads in 4G wireless subscribers, but unless radio spectrum auctions and other government initiatives succeed it could fall behind other countries in mobile broadband services and see a GDP loss of $67 billion through 2022, warns consulting...
Iliad Eying Potential Partners to Sweeten T-Mobile Bid - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 02, 1:50PM CDT
French carrier Iliad SA is still looking for a possible acquisition of T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) and is reportedly in talks with several potential partners
Midday Glance: Telecom companies
AP - Tue Sep 02, 12:22PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top telecom companies are down at 1 p.m.:
Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Grain Spectrum Funding II, LLC
Business Wire - Tue Sep 02, 10:48AM CDT
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Early Glance: Telecom companies
AP - Tue Sep 02, 9:57AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top telecom companies are down at 10 a.m.:
Apple iPhone 6 Seen Boosting China's Export Data
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Sep 02, 9:50AM CDT
Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 6 launch, expected next Tuesday, will boost China's export growth by 1% per month for the rest of 2014, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The handsets are mostly manufactured in China. China's exports already jumped 14.5% in...
12 Stocks Warren Buffett Loves in 2014
at The Street - Tue Sep 02, 9:43AM CDT
Here's a look at 12 stocks Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought in the most recently reported quarter.
J.D. Power's 2014 Wireless Network Quality Study Ranks Verizon Wireless Highest In North Central Region, Including Ohio
PR Newswire - Tue Sep 02, 7:07AM CDT
Verizon Wireless today announced it has been ranked highest among wireless carriers in the North Central Region, which includes Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to results issued today in J.D. Power's 2014 Wireless Network Quality Study(SM), Volume 2. The results, which are based on customer responses to a survey about their experiences with wireless voice, text messaging and data usage, demonstrates Verizon's network leadership among its competitors.
Verizon Communications announces redemption 1.25% notes due 3 November 2014
M2 - Mon Sep 01, 9:02AM CDT
Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ)(Nasdaq:VZ) announced on Friday the redemption of the entire outstanding principal amount of its USD750m, 1.25% notes, due 3 November 2014.
Verizon Communications Inc. Finally Launches a High-Voltage VoLTE Service
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Aug 31, 2:00PM CDT
Verizon has been talking about a next-generation mobile voice system for years. Well, this is the end of the empty talk: Verizon is taking action. Big Red will launch its voice over LTE service, or VoLTE, in "the coming weeks." This solution,...
AT&T's Entrance Into the Wireless Price Wars Just Got More Complicated
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Aug 31, 8:30AM CDT
Source: macobserver.com Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile 's U.S. pricing war has grown vicious, to say the least, as each carrier seems to change its prices daily to undercut the other. Sprint and T-Mobile are Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, in...
Unions: FairPoint not playing fair in labor talks
By DAVID SHARP - AP - Sun Aug 31, 8:00AM CDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — FairPoint Communications workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have known it had to come to an end. Terms of their Verizon contract had carried over when FairPoint purchased the company's land-based telephone operations and had been mostly unchanged for 10 years. Workers knew FairPoint, which is struggling to become profitable, would want to save money by reducing benefits.
Corporate America Is Betting Big on Solar Energy
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Aug 31, 7:51AM CDT
Many people may still question the future of solar energy in the United States, but there's little debate in corporate America over whether to go solar. What may surprise you is that the discussion has nothing to do with climate change. Some of the...
Synchronoss Cloud Business Booms With Mobile Phones
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Aug 29, 4:49PM CDT
Now that mobile phones have become the official documentarians of the 21st Century -- recording everything from important messages to civil unrest to your teenage r's 4,000th selfie -- you don't want to risk losing all that data by losing your phone....
Verizon FiOS Signs Deal to Add SEC Network - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 29, 4:30PM CDT
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), has collaborated with SEC Network and expects to air the latter's services on its Channels 75 and 575, effective today.