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What's Your Stock's Price Target? - Screen of the Week
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 1:00am | 233Kevin Matras shows how to calculate a stock's price target and how to find stocks currently trading below them. Highlighted stocks include ASYS, BLC, COHR, MEOH and NCR. AMTEC SYSTEMS (ASYS): Free Stock Analysis Report BELO CORP (BLC): Free Stock Analysis Report COHERENT INC (COHR): Free Stock...
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Argus Raises PT On Time Warner Cable
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 8:55am | 52Analysts at Argus reiterate their “buy” rating on Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC). The target price for TWC has been raised from $70 to $75. TWC shares fell 0.21% to close at $65.37 on Thursday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Benzinga's Political Roundup (AIB, CMCSA, GE)
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 1:29pm | 113Allied Irish Bank (NYSE: AIB) received a huge capital injection from the Irish government, as the bank is effectively insolvent at this point. The Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBC Universal deal won't close this year, due to regulatory issues brought up by the FCC. The U.S. filed a case with the WTO...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 1:10pm | 283Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Barclays' 30 Best Stock Picks for 2011 Barclays, considered the best equity-research firm by Institutional Investor, released its must-read Global Top Picks for 2011. Here's a closer look at 30 of the U.S....
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Comcast Close To Completing NBC Unviersal Merger (CMCSA, GE)
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 12:26pm | 93According to CNBC, the FCC is proposing regulatory conditions on the NBC Universal-Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) deal. NBC Universal is owned by General Electric (NYSE: GE). Despite these conditions on the deal, the FCC is still expected to allow the deal to go through. The FCC's may require Comcast to...
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SIRIUS XM Rocks in the New Year With Live Concerts Across Multiple Music Channels
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:15am | 103SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it will celebrate the new year with a wide-ranging lineup of live concerts, special performances, exclusive DJ sets, a special New Year's Eve music channel and various year-end countdowns. SIRIUS XM will broadcast Eminem's sold-out "Home &...
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SIRIUS XM Radio Up 8% On Heavy Volume (SIRI)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:38pm | 90SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is among the biggest gainers on the NASDAQ today, gaining more than 8% on heavy volume. Being that it's a penny stock, shares of Sirius tend to trade more than other shares, but 96 million shares is a lot even for the satellite radio company. The company...
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Liberty Global in Acquisition Spree - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:33pm | 457A recent Bloomberg report revealed that Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), a leading global cable TV and diversified broadband services provider, is looking for more acquisitions in Germany. This time the possible target is Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH & Co KG, the third largest cable operator in...
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Sinclair and Mediacom Reach Agreement
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:17pm | 49Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a 2-year retransmission consent agreement with Mediacom Communications for the continued carriage of the signals of 22 television stations owned and/or operated by Sinclair in 16 markets.
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Liberty Global in Acquisition Spree - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:15pm | 457A recent Bloomberg report revealed that Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), a leading global cable TV and diversified broadband services provider, is looking for more acquisitions in Germany. This time the possible target is Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH & Co KG, the third largest cable operator in...
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Benzinga's Top Performing Industries (BXS, FHN, WAG, CCL, PCLN, SIRI)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 2:54pm | 186Regional - Southeast Banks industry trades 4.49% higher on Wednesday. In the space, BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE: BXS) advanced 10% on a huge volume. Its average volume is 719K traded shares, and today, 2.30M shares have already been traded. First Horizon National Corporation (NYSE: FHN) is also doing...
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Sirius (SIRI) Pops
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:04pm | 106After flat-lining since mid-November, Sirius XM (SIRI) has made a nice 10% pop off of its 50-day moving average over the past two days. At $1.54, the stock is just 3 cents away from its 2-year closing high of $1.57 reached in early... Go to SwingTradingDaily.com for full article, videos and real-...
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DirectTV Biggest Beneficiary of Any Retransmission Rules (DTV)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:16am | 154Earlier this month the FCC said it will propose new rules governing negotiations between television broadcasters and cable providers for the carriage of their channels. The FCC is looking to prevent circumstances that outcome of broadcast channels being pulled from cable providers which, in turn,...
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Stifel Nicolaus Initiates Coverage (TU, SJR, BCE, RCI)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:17am | 63Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on the following companies: Telus (NYSE: TU) at Hold Shaw Communications (NYSE: SJR) at Buy BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) at Hold Rogers Communications (NYSE: RCI) at Buy
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Unconfirmed Rumors Circulate that DIRECTV (DTV) is looking to acquire Dish Network Corp. (DISH) at $27.00 a share
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 11:27am | 31Unconfirmed Rumors Circulate that DIRECTV (DTV) is looking to acquire Dish Network Corp. (DISH) at $27.00 a share.