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Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) 49.45 $VZ
Why Industries Like Oil and Gas Are Turning to Solar Energy
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 1:00PM CST
You might think that the solar and oil and gas industries are in a heated war over the future of energy. In some ways, that's correct, but it doesn't begin to tell the complex relationship between the two industries. In fact, solar energy is starting...
TSLA: 203.34 (-3.85), SCTY: 51.36 (-0.74), SPWR: 32.66 (+0.60), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Google Inc and Samsung Challenge Apple Inc in Mobile Payment Race
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 11:01AM CST
Google and Samsung both have plans to challenge Apple for dominance in the mobile payment market. The search giant has made a deal to have its mobile wallet pre-installed on Android phones sold by AT&T , T-Mobile , and Verizon...
SBUX: 93.49 (-1.06), T: 34.56 (+0.06), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95)
Net Neutrality Is Here, and 75% of Americans Don't Know What It Is
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 7:22AM CST
The Federal Communications Commission has passed new rules that establish net neutrality by reclassifying broadband Internet providers as utilities or common carriers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934. The proposal, which passed on...
VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Which Carriers Get a Failing Grade When It Comes to Unlocking Phones?
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 7:15AM CST
As part of a compromise with the federal government, AT&T . Verizon , Sprint , and T-Mobile agreed a year ago to make it much easier for customers to unlock their phones once they had been paid off. CTIA - The Wireless Association...
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
FCC vote: And now the congressional hearings
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 5:37PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), FTR: 7.98 (-0.02), CCOI: 36.72 (+0.47), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), DTV: 88.60 (+0.25), ELNK: 4.27 (-0.13), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72), CTL: 37.86 (+0.46), CVC: 18.78 (-0.10)
Verizon joins chorus complaining of Dish bid tactics
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 3:45PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72)
Sprint: Cutting Bills In Half And The Stock By 40%
Michael Henage - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 12:29PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Here’s a Reason Sprint (S) Stock is Higher Today
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 10:56AM CST
Sprint (S) stock is up after the company issued a statement of support for the FCC's net neutrality rules.
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
The Best All-Around Stock in the Market
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 27, 8:05AM CST
What are the best stocks to buy right now? Maybe you should buy financials like Wells Fargo as a play on the continued economic recovery, or oil companies like ExxonMobil while prices remain depressed. Or maybe your money should be used to buy...
KO: 43.30 (+0.84), PSX: 78.46 (-1.60), GE: 25.99 (+0.10), AXP: 81.59 (-1.66), XOM: 88.54 (-0.11), WMT: 83.93 (+0.13), COP: 65.20 (-0.65), WFC: 54.79 (-0.36), UPS: 101.73 (-0.13), NOV: 54.35 (+1.08), JNJ: 102.51 (-0.29), V: 271.31 (-2.44), GS: 189.79 (-2.41), USB: 44.61 (-0.32), IBM: 161.94 (+1.07), COST: 146.96 (+0.31), GM: 37.31 (-0.25), PG: 85.13 (-0.04), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), MA: 90.13 (-1.13)
FCC Adopts Net Neutrality with Title II, Hard Time for ISPs - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 27, 7:29AM CST
The net neutrality laws will classify Internet as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act instead of section 706 of the 1996 Telecom Act.
T: 34.56 (+0.06), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Apple Watch, Llamas, The Dress, Jet Packs, Iron Man and More: This Week's Tech Mailbag
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 7:05AM CST
This week's tech mailbag includes questions on the Apple Watch, new iPhones, TVs, jet packs and a whole lot more.
FB: 78.97 (-1.44), DIS: 104.08 (-0.48), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95)
Net Neutrality Battle Pitted Industry Vs. Industry
Dana Blankenhorn - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 6:46AM CST
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), ALU: 3.89 (-0.02), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), MSFT: 43.85 (-0.21), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95), CSCO: 29.51 (-0.40), JNPR: 23.91 (-0.20)
Providers react to FCC with talk of litigation, 1930s trappings
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 8:09PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23)
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Good News Is Everywhere
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 7:34PM CST
Cramer says just about everything he's seeing coming out of Europe and the U.S. is positive, and that makes him a happy camper.
NBL: 47.23 (-0.09), MNST: 141.12 (+16.38), DUK: 78.55 (-0.01), UTX: 121.91 (-0.76), UNH: 113.63 (-0.03), SBUX: 93.49 (-1.06), JNJ: 102.51 (-0.29), JPM: 61.28 (-0.30), LNKD: 267.20 (-3.56), AMAT: 25.05 (+0.14), RCPT: 126.64 (+0.13), HAWK: 37.04 (+1.17), BP: 41.44 (+0.08), TEG: 74.73 (+0.14), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95), Z: 114.75 (-1.91), WFM: 56.49 (-0.24), FB: 78.97 (-1.44), CLH: 55.69 (-1.27), DIS: 104.08 (-0.48), BMY: 60.92 (-0.54), PLKI: 60.01 (-0.08), NFX: 33.03 (-0.57), ESV: 24.47 (+0.06), MRK: 58.54 (-0.42), SPLK: 67.25 (-2.32), YELP: 48.00 (+0.25), CVX: 106.68 (-0.38), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), ROST: 105.81 (+6.76), CRM: 69.38 (-0.86)
Crude Oil Selloff Fails to Scare Stocks From Record Highs
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 3:20PM CST
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average slip from record highs on Thursday, but not by much in another day characterized by trading in a narrow bracket.
KSS: 73.80 (+2.11), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), XOM: 88.54 (-0.11), SHLD: 37.60 (+1.55), MS: 35.79 (-0.27), T: 34.56 (+0.06), RDS.A: 65.37 (+0.55), IBM: 161.94 (+1.07), SCTY: 51.36 (-0.74), BP: 41.44 (+0.08), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CVX: 106.68 (-0.38), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), AVGO: 127.62 (-1.63), XLE: 79.02 (-0.35), CRM: 69.38 (-0.86)
FCC Expands Internet Rules In Party Line, 3-2 Vote
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Feb 26, 3:07PM CST
The Federal Communications Commission approved revised net neutrality rules on Thursday after Chairman Tom Wheeler painted broadband service providers as potential villains that could thwart the Internet's growth, as critics warned that the agency's...
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23)
S&P 500, Dow Slip From Records as Energy Selloff Trumps Tech Rally
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 2:29PM CST
The S&P 500 and Dow move off record highs.
KSS: 73.80 (+2.11), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), SHLD: 37.60 (+1.55), MS: 35.79 (-0.27), T: 34.56 (+0.06), IBM: 161.94 (+1.07), SCTY: 51.36 (-0.74), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), AVGO: 127.62 (-1.63), CRM: 69.38 (-0.86)
Facing new broadband era after FCC vote, related stocks stable for now
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 12:39PM CST
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), FTR: 7.98 (-0.02), CCOI: 36.72 (+0.47), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), DTV: 88.60 (+0.25), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72), CTL: 37.86 (+0.46), CVC: 18.78 (-0.10)
FCC votes 3-2 for tough net neutrality regulation
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 12:01PM CST
FTR: 7.98 (-0.02), CCOI: 36.72 (+0.47), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), ELNK: 4.27 (-0.13), CVC: 18.78 (-0.10), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72), NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), DTV: 88.60 (+0.25), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CTL: 37.86 (+0.46)
Moto E Review: It's Really Good, Especially for the Price
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 11:44AM CST
The first Motorola smartphone to be released in the U.S. since Lenovo bought Motorola from Google last year delivers quality you'd expect from a much more expensive device.
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), QCOM: 72.51 (+0.50), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92)
Why Industries Like Oil and Gas Are Turning to Solar Energy
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 1:00PM CST
You might think that the solar and oil and gas industries are in a heated war over the future of energy. In some ways, that's correct, but it doesn't begin to tell the complex relationship between the two industries. In fact, solar energy is starting...
TSLA: 203.34 (-3.85), SCTY: 51.36 (-0.74), SPWR: 32.66 (+0.60), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Google Inc and Samsung Challenge Apple Inc in Mobile Payment Race
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 11:01AM CST
Google and Samsung both have plans to challenge Apple for dominance in the mobile payment market. The search giant has made a deal to have its mobile wallet pre-installed on Android phones sold by AT&T , T-Mobile , and Verizon...
SBUX: 93.49 (-1.06), T: 34.56 (+0.06), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95)
Net Neutrality Is Here, and 75% of Americans Don't Know What It Is
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 7:22AM CST
The Federal Communications Commission has passed new rules that establish net neutrality by reclassifying broadband Internet providers as utilities or common carriers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934. The proposal, which passed on...
VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Which Carriers Get a Failing Grade When It Comes to Unlocking Phones?
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 28, 7:15AM CST
As part of a compromise with the federal government, AT&T . Verizon , Sprint , and T-Mobile agreed a year ago to make it much easier for customers to unlock their phones once they had been paid off. CTIA - The Wireless Association...
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
FCC vote: And now the congressional hearings
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 5:37PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), FTR: 7.98 (-0.02), CCOI: 36.72 (+0.47), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), DTV: 88.60 (+0.25), ELNK: 4.27 (-0.13), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72), CTL: 37.86 (+0.46), CVC: 18.78 (-0.10)
Verizon joins chorus complaining of Dish bid tactics
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 3:45PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72)
Sprint: Cutting Bills In Half And The Stock By 40%
Michael Henage - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 12:29PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Here’s a Reason Sprint (S) Stock is Higher Today
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 10:56AM CST
Sprint (S) stock is up after the company issued a statement of support for the FCC's net neutrality rules.
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
The Best All-Around Stock in the Market
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 27, 8:05AM CST
What are the best stocks to buy right now? Maybe you should buy financials like Wells Fargo as a play on the continued economic recovery, or oil companies like ExxonMobil while prices remain depressed. Or maybe your money should be used to buy...
KO: 43.30 (+0.84), PSX: 78.46 (-1.60), GE: 25.99 (+0.10), AXP: 81.59 (-1.66), XOM: 88.54 (-0.11), WMT: 83.93 (+0.13), COP: 65.20 (-0.65), WFC: 54.79 (-0.36), UPS: 101.73 (-0.13), NOV: 54.35 (+1.08), JNJ: 102.51 (-0.29), V: 271.31 (-2.44), GS: 189.79 (-2.41), USB: 44.61 (-0.32), IBM: 161.94 (+1.07), COST: 146.96 (+0.31), GM: 37.31 (-0.25), PG: 85.13 (-0.04), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), MA: 90.13 (-1.13)
FCC Adopts Net Neutrality with Title II, Hard Time for ISPs - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 27, 7:29AM CST
The net neutrality laws will classify Internet as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act instead of section 706 of the 1996 Telecom Act.
T: 34.56 (+0.06), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08)
Apple Watch, Llamas, The Dress, Jet Packs, Iron Man and More: This Week's Tech Mailbag
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 7:05AM CST
This week's tech mailbag includes questions on the Apple Watch, new iPhones, TVs, jet packs and a whole lot more.
FB: 78.97 (-1.44), DIS: 104.08 (-0.48), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95)
Net Neutrality Battle Pitted Industry Vs. Industry
Dana Blankenhorn - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 6:46AM CST
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), ALU: 3.89 (-0.02), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), MSFT: 43.85 (-0.21), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95), CSCO: 29.51 (-0.40), JNPR: 23.91 (-0.20)
Providers react to FCC with talk of litigation, 1930s trappings
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 8:09PM CST
T: 34.56 (+0.06), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23)
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Good News Is Everywhere
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 7:34PM CST
Cramer says just about everything he's seeing coming out of Europe and the U.S. is positive, and that makes him a happy camper.
NBL: 47.23 (-0.09), MNST: 141.12 (+16.38), DUK: 78.55 (-0.01), UTX: 121.91 (-0.76), UNH: 113.63 (-0.03), SBUX: 93.49 (-1.06), JNJ: 102.51 (-0.29), JPM: 61.28 (-0.30), LNKD: 267.20 (-3.56), AMAT: 25.05 (+0.14), RCPT: 126.64 (+0.13), HAWK: 37.04 (+1.17), BP: 41.44 (+0.08), TEG: 74.73 (+0.14), AAPL: 128.46 (-1.95), Z: 114.75 (-1.91), WFM: 56.49 (-0.24), FB: 78.97 (-1.44), CLH: 55.69 (-1.27), DIS: 104.08 (-0.48), BMY: 60.92 (-0.54), PLKI: 60.01 (-0.08), NFX: 33.03 (-0.57), ESV: 24.47 (+0.06), MRK: 58.54 (-0.42), SPLK: 67.25 (-2.32), YELP: 48.00 (+0.25), CVX: 106.68 (-0.38), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), ROST: 105.81 (+6.76), CRM: 69.38 (-0.86)
Crude Oil Selloff Fails to Scare Stocks From Record Highs
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 3:20PM CST
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average slip from record highs on Thursday, but not by much in another day characterized by trading in a narrow bracket.
KSS: 73.80 (+2.11), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), XOM: 88.54 (-0.11), SHLD: 37.60 (+1.55), MS: 35.79 (-0.27), T: 34.56 (+0.06), RDS.A: 65.37 (+0.55), IBM: 161.94 (+1.07), SCTY: 51.36 (-0.74), BP: 41.44 (+0.08), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CVX: 106.68 (-0.38), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), AVGO: 127.62 (-1.63), XLE: 79.02 (-0.35), CRM: 69.38 (-0.86)
FCC Expands Internet Rules In Party Line, 3-2 Vote
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Feb 26, 3:07PM CST
The Federal Communications Commission approved revised net neutrality rules on Thursday after Chairman Tom Wheeler painted broadband service providers as potential villains that could thwart the Internet's growth, as critics warned that the agency's...
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23)
S&P 500, Dow Slip From Records as Energy Selloff Trumps Tech Rally
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 2:29PM CST
The S&P 500 and Dow move off record highs.
KSS: 73.80 (+2.11), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), SHLD: 37.60 (+1.55), MS: 35.79 (-0.27), T: 34.56 (+0.06), IBM: 161.94 (+1.07), SCTY: 51.36 (-0.74), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), AVGO: 127.62 (-1.63), CRM: 69.38 (-0.86)
Facing new broadband era after FCC vote, related stocks stable for now
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 12:39PM CST
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), FTR: 7.98 (-0.02), CCOI: 36.72 (+0.47), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), DTV: 88.60 (+0.25), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72), CTL: 37.86 (+0.46), CVC: 18.78 (-0.10)
FCC votes 3-2 for tough net neutrality regulation
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 12:01PM CST
FTR: 7.98 (-0.02), CCOI: 36.72 (+0.47), CHTR: 180.60 (-1.58), ELNK: 4.27 (-0.13), CVC: 18.78 (-0.10), DISH: 75.04 (-1.72), NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), T: 34.56 (+0.06), DTV: 88.60 (+0.25), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), CTL: 37.86 (+0.46)
Moto E Review: It's Really Good, Especially for the Price
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 11:44AM CST
The first Motorola smartphone to be released in the U.S. since Lenovo bought Motorola from Google last year delivers quality you'd expect from a much more expensive device.
T: 34.56 (+0.06), S: 5.12 (+0.35), QCOM: 72.51 (+0.50), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), TMUS: 33.03 (+0.55), VZ: 49.45 (+0.08), GOOG: 558.40 (+2.92)
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