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Stock Market Ideas for Thursday, January 20
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 7:10pm | 2020( click to enlarge ) InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) made a nice move today on volume and made a 52 week high but could not hold it on the close. I want to watch the stock again tomorrow, because the stock is strong and getting stronger every day it seems. If it can close above $51.03, then...
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Zings Of The Day (CMCSA, GE)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 5:02pm | 95The Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) deal for NBC Universal went through yesterday, by a vote of 4-1 from the FCC. Now I can call my cable company up and scream at them when there's nothing good on TV. The U.S. is going to pick which firms are "systemically important." This is also known as the banks...
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Comcast Seeks Content & Distribution - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 4:31pm | 852Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) is all set to become a media powerhouse armed with a unique control over both content and distribution network. Yesterday, in a history setting development that may change the whole landscape of the media/pay TV industry, the U.S. Justice Department and five state attorney...
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Comcast Seeks Content & Distribution - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 4:17pm | 852Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) is all set to become a media powerhouse armed with a unique control over both content and distribution network. Yesterday, in a history setting development that may change the whole landscape of the media/pay TV industry, the U.S. Justice Department and five state attorney...
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Puts Purchased on Virgin Media (VMED)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 2:52pm | 136Shares of Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) are lower on the session by 2.02%, currently trading at $24.31. The stock had been moving largely higher over the past six months, but recently came under selling pressure and is now trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on...
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Benzinga's Political Roundup (AIG, CMCSA, GE, DB, GS)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 1:00pm | 177Yesterday the U.S. federal government picked lead book runners for the "re-IPO" of AIG (NYSE: AIG). The banks doing the lead bookrunning are Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM), and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). Yesterday the FCC voted 4-1 in favor of the...
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ETM Enters Oversold Territory - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 12:31pm | 111Entercom Communications Corp.'s (ETM) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 9.30. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for December 2010 increased by a cent over the past two months to $1.15 per share. Entercom Communications Corp. is a Zacks #...
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ETM Enters Oversold Territory - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 12:27pm | 111Entercom Communications Corp.'s (ETM) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 9.30. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for December 2010 increased by a cent over the past two months to $1.15 per share. Entercom Communications Corp. is a Zacks #...
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Comcast Upgraded to Buy at Collins Stewart (CMCSA)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 9:19am | 24Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is upgraded from Hold to Buy at Collins Stewart. The price target is $32.
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Wunderlich Likes NBC Universal Deal For Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 8:37am | 166Wunderlich Securities has a Buy rating and an $28.50 price target on shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) after the company received approval for its NBC Universal purchase yesterday. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "Yesterday, the FCC approved the Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) NBC...
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BofA/Merrill Upgrades SJR To Neutral
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 8:30am | 41Analysts at BofA/Merrill upgrade Shaw Communications Inc (NYSE: SJR) from “underperform” to “neutral.” SJR shares gained 0.90% to close at $21.21 yesterday, More Analyst Ratings here
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Comcast to Host Press Briefing Call on Regulatory Clearance
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:56pm | 104Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will host a conference call with the media today to discuss the Federal Communications Commission's and Department of Justice's clearance of the Company's joint venture with General Electric (NYSE: GE) related to NBC Universal at 4:00 PM. The call will be hosted by David L...
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Comcast, NBC Universal Deal Close To Completion (CMCSA, GE)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:23pm | 72As Benzinga wrote about this morning, the FCC has approved the Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) deal by a 4-1 vote. Shares of CMCSA are up 18 cents today to $22.90, a gain of 0.8%. Shares of NBC Universal parent, GE are down 17 cents to $18.65, a loss of 0.9%.
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FCC Approves Comcast/NBC Deal
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:02pm | 23CNBC reports that the FCC has approved the merger between Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and NBC.
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Tuesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (MLNX, WSM, SHPGY, HLF, VMED)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 1:47pm | 90Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1) Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX) 2,588 puts, 21 calls 2) Williams Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) 3,084 puts, 76 calls 3) Shire plc (NASDAQ: SHPGY) 2,644 puts, 91 calls 4) Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE...