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Comcast (CMCSA) Beats Estimates
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 7:27am | 222Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) announced on Wednesday morning that it beat consensus Wall Street estimates. Comcast Corporation reported that its 3rd quarter earnings fell to $867 million, or 31 cents per share, down from $944 million, or 33 cents per share , a year earlier. Revenue rose to $9...
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Earnings Scheduled For October 27 (V, PEG, DPS, PG, ODP, ESRX, WHR, NOC, S, GG, SYMC, PX, COP, OI, IP, SO, LM, VMED, CMCSA, ADP, ALL, GD, IACI)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 5:26am | 499Visa Inc (NYSE: V) is projected to post its earnings at $0.95 per share in the fiscal fourth quarter. Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (NYSE: PEG) is likely to report its Q3 profit at $0.96 per share. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc (NYSE: DPS) is expected to post its Q3 EPS at $0.60. Procter &...
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Tomorrow Morning's Key Earnings Releases (PG, COP, SAP, CMCSA)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 3:34pm | 115Here are some names to key your eye on tomorrow morning, as they are all reporting quarterly earnings: 1. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG): the Street is looking for Q1 EPS of $1.00 on revenues of $20.25 billion. 2. ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP): the Street is looking for Q3 EPS of $1.45 on...
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Cablevision Responds to FCC Regarding Bad Faith Negotiations by News Corp.
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 4:45pm | 535Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today filed a response to the Federal Communications Commission documenting bad faith negotiations by News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA) related to Cablevision's continued carriage of Fox 5 and My9. Cablevision urged the federal agency to assert its...
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Earnings Preview: Comcast Corp. - Analyst Blog
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 1:03pm | 1005Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) is slated to release its third quarter 2010 results on Wednesday, October 27. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the third quarter is 30 cents, representing an annualized growth of 6.82%. With respect to earnings surprise, over the trailing four quarters, Comcast has...
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Goldman Sachs Gives 3Q EPS Preview On Virgin Media
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 8:31am | 211Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) reports 3Q results on Wednesday, October 27. Goldman expects sales of £975 mn, OCF of £375 mn and FCF of £114 mn, essentially in line with company consensus. With no major changes in prices during the quarter, Goldman Sachs believes the probability of a significant...
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Shaw Communications Misses in 4Q - Analyst Blog
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 1:00pm | 588Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) declared financial results of its fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, which falls below the Zacks Consensus Estimates. Quarterly net income was $117 million or 27 cents per share compared to a net income of $120 million or 28 cents per share in the prior-year quarter....
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Televisa Posts Mixed Results - Analyst Blog
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 1:00pm | 600Yesterday, Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV), the largest media company in Mexico, reported financial results of its third quarter 2010. Quarterly consolidated net income was $175.6 million, up 9% year-over-year. Third quarter EPGDS (Earnings per Global Depositary Shares) was 32 cents, easily beating the...
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Morgan Stanley Report on Broadband Pricing Wildly Overblown
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 11:18am | 547By Justin Rohrlich A new report from Morgan Stanley media analyst Ben Swinburne makes quite the audacious claim. Swinburne believes that, as more customers “cut the cord” and enough people eventually consume programming via the Internet, via Apple's (AAPL) iTunes, Google's (GOOG) YouTube, and so...
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Comcast Declares Quarterly Dividend of 9.45 Cents
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 2:56pm | 59Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) (NASDAQ: CMCSK) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0945 a share on the Company's common stock. The quarterly dividend is payable on January 26, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 5, 2011.
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Goldman Says CBS Still Strong In TV Ratings (CBS)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 8:24am | 145Goldman Sachs says that CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is still going strong in the TV ratings department, although Fox did manage a close second this week. In a note to clients, Goldman writes, "CBS continued its winning streak in Week 4, despite competition from football and baseball. CBS finished...
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Televisa Foregoes Wireless Dream - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 4:36pm | 817Grupo Televisa S.A. (TV), the largest cable MSO (multi-service operator) and Media company in the Spanish-speaking world, has put aside its wireless initiatives, at least for the time being. The company, together with its partner NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD), yesterday announced the mutual decision...
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Sirius XM Considers Life Without Howard Stern
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 10:26am | 172According to a recent Bloomberg report, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) is exploring programming alternatives in case it cannot agree on a new contract with talk show host Howard Stern. Stern has a 5 year, $500 million contract that expires in December and is continuing to negotiate with Sirius XM. In...
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Benzinga's Top Upgrades (NST, TWC, POWL, DLTR)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 7:47am | 147NSTAR (NYSE: NST) was upgraded by BofA/Merrill from "neutral" to "buy." NST's shares closed at $39.30 yesterday. NSTAR's trailing-twelve-month gross margin is 37.08%. Credit Suisse upgraded Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) from "neutral" to "outperform." TWC's shares closed at $57.59 yesterday....
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Monday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (IBKR, KR, LULU, THC, CMCSA)
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 1:00pm | 93Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ: IBKR) 4,385 puts, 52 calls 2. Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) 6,597 puts, 255 calls 3. Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) 11,303 puts, 932 calls 4. Tenet...