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Cablevision Systems (CVC) Swings To Profit
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 10:14am | 72Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) reported on Thursday that it had swung to a 4th quarter profit of $78.4 million, or 26 cents per share, from a loss of $323.1 million, or $1.11 per share, for the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue rose 5% to $2.15 billion from $2.04 billion. A survey...
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Join King Of All Trades For Live Coverage of Sirius XM Radio’s Q4 Conference Call
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 6:57am | 42Join Kingofalltrades.com for live coverage of Sirius XM Radio's (Nasdaq: SIRI) fourth quarter conference call results, at 8 am eastern standard time. Sirius XM will announce guidance for 2010 and their quarterly results as well.
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Tuesday's Hot Stocks: Ride the Rovi Rave
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:01am | 1790With the U.S. markets selling off sharply Tuesday, there were 10 stocks fighting the trend and on higher than usual volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you should...
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Clearwire (CLWR) Beats Wall Street Revenue Expectations
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 9:52am | 119Clearwire Corporation (Nasdaq: CLWR) reported a 4th quarter loss of $98.7 million, or 55 cents per share, compared with a pro forma loss of $90.4 million, or 47 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue increased from from $59.7 million to $79.9 million, beating the Wall Street average estimate of $...
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DISH Network Corp.’s (DISH) Price Target Raised
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 8:48pm | 109Analysts at Cross Research have raised the price target for DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) from $20 to $22. The price target has been raised due to the increase in outlook for subscriber growth, and ARPU. Analysts have increased the 2010 ARPU estimate by 1% to reflect price increases that took...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (APEI, OXY, AVAV, SNI, WL)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 2:20pm | 276American Public Education Inc (NASDAQ: APEI) was upgraded by Sterne Agee from “neutral” to “buy.” AYE’s shares gained 6.96% to $42.24 at 9:55 a.m. APEI’s 52-week trading range is $30.30-$46.53. The trailing-twelve-months gross margins at APEI are 60.48%. Read more about this company here. Argus...
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SNI Upgraded To Overweight At Barclays
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 8:55am | 51Analysts at Barclays Capital upgrade Scripps Networks (NYSE: SNI) from "equal weight" to "overweight." The target price for SNI has been raised from $41 to $48. SNI’s shares dipped 0.50% to reach $39.50 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Top Performing Industries For February 22 (PWR, BBW, SIRI, HUM, CAJ)
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 3:37pm | 328At 1:20 pm, Dow had lost 17.46 points, or 0.17%, to 10,384.89, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had stepped down 1.62 points, or 0.15%, to 1,107.55. The Nasdaq composite index also moved down 4.61 points, or 0.21%, to 2239.26. The industries that played a key role in the market...
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Barclays Has Overweight Rating On Liberty Global (LBTYA)
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 1:50pm | 115Barclays' analysts released a report today reiterating their Overweight rating on Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA) shares and raising their price target from $27.00 to $30.00. Barclays said that they are expecting the company to use their $2.5 billion in excess cash to initiate share buybacks....
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DTV Announces Better Than Expected Share Repurchase
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 12:14pm | 162Analyst S Wang of Credit Suisse maintains his "neutral" rating on The Directv Group Inc (NYSE: DTV), while raising his estimates for the company. The target price for DTV has been raised from $27 to $33. According to Credit Suisse, Directv has reported inline Q4 results from its US operations and...
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Company News for February 19, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 10:23am | 197• Reports say Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) is in talks to buy Smith International (NYSE:SII) for an estimated $9 billion • CBS (NYSE:CBS) posted inline four quarter earnings of 25 cents ex-items on revenues of $3.50 billion, up from Zacks estimates of $3.44 billion • Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) reported adjusted...
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Merger Charges Hit DirecTV in Q4 (DTV)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:36pm | 95DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) showed massive Q4 losses. According to the company, the quarterly loss was mainly due to charges related to its merger with Liberty entertainment. DirecTV (DTV) also announced a $3.5 billion stock buyback authorization. The company took a $32 million loss in the fourth quarter...
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Soleil Securities Maintains Hold For Endurance, CBS and Priceline (ENH, CBS, PCLN)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 1:57pm | 234Endurance Specialty Holdings announced its strong fourth quarter results, exceeding market expectations, which could be attributed to yet another quarter of moderate catastrophe experience and a favorable loss reserve development. Net premiums written dropped by 19% only due to Endurance’s decision...
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Look For Volatility in SIRIUS XM (SIRI)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 11:10am | 161Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) is trading high today above the $1 mark near $1.17. I have not been able to find any direct news as to why SIRI is up 12% today, other than the fact that investors think SIRI has weathered most of its long term problems. I think this large gap up could provide an opportunity...
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Needham Urges Buy CBS Corp (CBS) Ahead Of Earnings Report
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 10:07am | 145Needham analyst Laura Martin reiterated Needham's Buy rating for CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS) and recommended that investors buy shares of CBS Corp before the broadcaster's earnings report today at 4:30pm. Martin said, "We recommend investors buy CBS going into earnings because we believe consensus...