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Today’s Earnings Preview (FLR, MDR, MBI, SRE, TSO, DISH)
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 7:39am | 121Fluor Corporation (NEW) (NYSE: FLR) is projected to report third-quarter earnings of 90 cents a share. McDermott International (NYSE: MDR) is expected to report earnings of 40 cents a share in the third quarter. MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) is forecast to report a third-quarter loss of 70 cents a share...
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CBS Up 3% After Reporting Q3 Results
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 5:10pm | 25CBS (NYSE: CBS) reports Q3 EPS 39c vs consensus of 22c. CBS Q3 revenue is $3.35 billion vs consensus of $3.19 billion.
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Scripps To Buy Travel Cox’ s Travel Channel
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 12:04pm | 71Scripps Network (NYSE: SNI) is buying a controlling stake of 65% in Travel Channel, with Cox Communications, Travel Channel’s parent, holding 35%. The value of the deal is about $1 billion and will allow Cox to evade its tax bill from the Discovery Communications deal with John Malone, the media...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (CBS, SIRI, DTV, TWC, VRSN, TDC)
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 7:33am | 136CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is forecast to report third-quarter earnings of 22 cents a share. Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is likely to report a loss of 2 cents a share in the third quarter. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTV) is expected to post earnings of 39 cents a share in the third...
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LBTYA To Report After The Bell
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 4:24pm | 49Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) is going to report earnings tonight after the bell. Analysts expect LBTYA to post $0.43 loss per share, and their average estimate of revenue is $2.75 billion. LBTYA is up 2.26%, and is trading around $21.34. It has a daily turnover of $1.06M.
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CBS Is Reporting Earnings On Thursday
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 4:14pm | 103CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) is reporting its 3Q earnings on Thursday, and advertising trends will be a key segment of the report. CBS had a huge increase in ratings this quarter because of David Letterman's scandal. CBS Corporation's (CBS) sister company Viacom (NYSE: VIA) reported on Tuesday that its...
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Comcast Closer To Controlling GE's NBC Universal
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 3:40am | 96The New York Times reported that Comcast Corp (Nasdaq: CMCSA) and General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) are closing in on a deal to give Comcast a 51% stake in NBC Universal. An announcement of the Comcast - General Electric deal could be in the coming week. GE currently owns 80% of NBC Universal, would...
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Morning Gains In AHC, HAR, TVL, CEC, NTZ, REV
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 11:46am | 134In the morning trade today, the price of A.H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) was up 23.46% to $ 4.21 a share and the volume was 232,993. Harman Intl Inds (NYSE: HAR) was up 21.18%. About 3,170,191 shares were traded and last trading price was $ 39.91 a share. The rise in Lin TV Corp (NYSE: TVL) was...
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CNBC's David Faber Says The Comcast, GE's NBC Deal Is Still On Track
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 10:21am | 72CNBC's David Faber says the Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) - General Electric's (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal deal is still on track. Yesterday, we noted that there were some issues that were holding up the deal. Faber said that both Comcast and GE are doing due diligence on valuations, but the deal for...
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Comcast, General Electric Work To Iron Out Key Issues in NBC Deal
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:59am | 111Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), General Electric (NYSE: GE) are currently working on finding solutions to several outstanding issues in the NBC deal. While insiders are still saying that an agreement will be reached to give Comcast a 51% stake in the NBC Universal venture. Investment bankers are...
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Mandalay Media (MNDL) Increases Proposal to Acquire World Poker Tour (WPTE)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:43am | 134Mandalay Media, Inc. (OTC: MNDL) announced that it has increased its proposal to the Board of Directors of WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WPTE). The revised proposal is to acquire WPT (WPTE) for $36.5M, consisting of $28.5M in cash, $5M in Mandalay Media stock and perpetual revenue participation...
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General Electric and Comcast Being Held Up For Various Issues
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 3:59pm | 25General Electric (GE) and Comcast (CMCSA) deal is reportedly being held up for various reasons.
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Stocks Expected To Pop (MU, SLM, MCO, CEPH, GNW, MI, CMCSA, WLP, GME, WFR, STT, NOVL, PTV, AMGN)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 2:34pm | 241According CNBC.com, their analysts looked at Analyst Price Targets for S&P500 companies in September and identified the top 20 companies. Among these companies, 6 of the top 10 are already showing promising results. On that list, Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) has the widest price range of $4.00...
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Gray Television, Inc. (GTN) Announces Q3 Earnings Release Date
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 6:14am | 56Gray Television, Inc. (NYSE: GTN) announced that it will release its earnings results for the quarter ending September 30, 2009 on November 9, 2009. Gray Television (GTN) will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter operating results on November 9, 2009. The call will begin at 1:00 p....
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Rebecca Jarvis Leaves CNBC
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 10:39pm | 279CNBC's popular host Rebecca Jarvis is no longer CNBC's Rebecca Jarvis. CNBC finally confirmed today that Jarvis has left the station. She was a fan favorite for not only her looks, but also for her knowledge of the financial markets. Jarvis was last seen on CNBC September 18th. There were rumors...