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TiVo Surges 5% (TIVO)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 2:30pm | 119TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has been a tremendous day trade on Friday. The stock actually fell early in the session, but once it retook positive territory it was off to the races. Currently, the shares are nearly 5% higher at $9.18. This is always a good name for short-term traders to keep an eye on for...
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Foxtel Shareholders Pushing For Austar Deal With Liberty Global (LBTYA)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 1:03pm | 164Australia's Foxtel appeared to be inching closer to a deal with Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA) to take over pay-TV firm Austar but the target firm denied reports a $1.9 billion price has been agreed. Austar United Communications (AUSTAR) is the leading pay television provider to regional and rural...
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Dish Network,Carl Icahn Make Seperate Bids For Blockbuster (DISH, BLOAQ)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:28am | 33According to the WSJ, DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) and Carl Icahn are making separate bids for Blockbuster (BLOAQ).
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Time Warner Cable Statement Regarding Changes to the TWCableTV App
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 3:19pm | 176Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC): "We believe we have every right to carry the programming on our iPad app. But, for the time being, we have decided to focus our iPad efforts on those enlightened programmers who understand the benefit and importance of allowing our subscribers – and their viewers –...
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Sirius XM Ticks Lower After Judge Rules On Antitrust Suit (SIRI)
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 7:49am | 51Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) is trading about 3.7% lower today in pre-market trading after a ruling on a class-action lawsuit. Commentary on the lawsuit can be found in this Bloomberg story.
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Stock Picks for Thursday March 31
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 5:14pm | 2090( click to enlarge ) Boise Inc. (NYSE:BZ) could move to the target zone at $9.35-$9.60. The positive outlook would be valid as long as the stock holds above the stop-loss level at $8.90. On daily chart, the technical indicators are supporting the bulls. MACD is positive and above the signal...
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Antitrust Case Against Sirius XM Radio Headed for Trial
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 3:27pm | 181Trial has been scheduled for May 2, 2011 by the Honorable Harold Baer, Jr in the Southern District of New York in a class action antitrust case brought by subscribers of satellite radio services against Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI). The case arises out of the 2008 merger between Sirius...
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Fox Tells Time Warner Cable to Remove Channels from iPad App
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 2:16pm | 21Fox tells Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) to remove channels from iPad App
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Which Stocks Are in Bill Gates' Portfolio? Part 2
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 3:20pm | 130In part two of our series on Bill Gates, here are the remaining positions in his portfolio: Groupo Televisa S.A. (TV): This Mexico-based media company specializes in television broadcast and publishing both domestically and abroad. The company hit a 52-week high of $26.67 on January 4, 2011, and as...
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10 Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks of 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 2:54pm | 288(TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 Index has risen more than 4% in 2011, a faster pace than last year. But, recent geopolitical uncertainty has held back gains. The benchmark for U.S. stocks has fallen from a high of 1,343 reached Feb. 18. Unrest in the Middle East and the subsequent spike in the...
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Wunderlich Securities Comments On Cablevision Systems, LTE Broadband Products
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 9:48am | 199According to a recent Wunderlich Securities note, Bloomberg reported over the weekend that Buy-rated Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) are engaged in discussions with LightSquared to offer LTE wireless broadband products to customers. LightSquared is taking a wholesale-only...
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Wunderlich Securities Comments On Liberty Global's Blowout Of CDU
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 7:29am | 152According to Wunderlich Securities, Liberty Global's (NASDAQ: LBTYA) blowout of CDU over the weekend highlights potency of total return swap. Wunderlich Securities reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) lost power in Baden-Wuerttemberg this weekend for the first...
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Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The CATV Systems Industry With The Highest Cash (TWC, VIA-B, CVC, SJR)
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 2:07am | 124Below are the top CATV systems stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) had $3.05 billion in total cash and $23.42 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Viacom Inc (NYSE: VIA-B) had $911.00 million in total cash and $6.75 billion in total debt for the latest...
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Wells Fargo Morning Summary (BLC, CAG, KEY, STI, ACN, GIB, ORCL, FITB, PNC, RIMM, PAYX)
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 10:19am | 164Wells Fargo is initiating coverage on Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) with an Outperform rating. It is raising estimates on ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI), Accenture (NYSE: ACN), CGI Group (NYSE: GIB) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). It is lowering estimates on Fifth...
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Wunderlich Maintains Hold on Sirius XM Radio (SIRI)
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 9:21am | 150Wunderlich is out with its report today on Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "We continue to believe that investors should focus on long-term normalization of U.S. vehicle sales and conversion rates rather than the Howard Stern litigation or...