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Time Warner Cable Targets Cox - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 11:36am | 605According to Reuter, Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), the second largest cable MSO in the U.S. may enter into an agreement with privately-held cable operator Cox Communications, for mutual co-operation of their respective cable systems in California . The cable systems are roughly worth $2 billion...
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TiVo Teams with Samsung - Analyst Blog
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 4:06pm | 1104A leading provider of advanced television services and personal video recorders (PVRs), TiVo Inc. (TIVO) announced a partnership with the premier provider of home solution and telecommunication technologies Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Under the collaboration, the companies will jointly build an...
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Top Domain Names are Owned by Publicly Traded Companies
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 3:50pm | 402Owning a strong domain name can be a valuable asset, due the the fact that a good name can receive a lot of direct 'type-in' Internet traffic, bypassing search engines. Here is a list of leading domain names and the publicly trade stocks that own them them. Asthma.com Glaxosmithkline plc (GSK)Book...
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Rogers and Astral Join Forces - Analyst Blog
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 10:15am | 668Canadian communications and media company Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) and Canada's leading broadcaster of premium pay-and-specialty television services Astral signed an agreement, whereby Rogers' customers will be able to access an array of exciting channels such as TMN, HBO Canada, Mpix,...
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LIN Media Announces LIN Television Corporation's Exchange Offer
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 9:20am | 129LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, LIN Television Corporation, has commenced an offer to exchange all of LIN Television Corporation's outstanding 83/8% Senior Notes due 2018 issued April 12, 2010 for new 83/8% Senior Notes due 2018 registered under the...
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Liberty Global Announces Increase to Stock Repurchase
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 9:17am | 129Liberty Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) today announced the authorization to increase its stock repurchase program by an additional $212 million, which when added to stock repurchases year-to-date through September 10, 2010 of approximately $787 million, would bring the total to approximately $1...
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Piper Jaffray Has Thoughts On 3D Technology (CBS)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 7:12am | 182Piper Jaffray has some thoughts on 3D technology, as the 3D Entertainment Summit in LA takes place this week. One of the companies Piper Jaffray mentions is CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS). In the research report, Piper Jaffray states, "We believe Hollywood has, for the most part, recognized the need...
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Bearish MACD for CETV - Tale of the Tape
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 11:03am | 119Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.’s (CETV) MACD indicator has entered into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0237. The Zacks #5 Rank (“Strong Sell”) stock fell more than 1% to $21.58 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the year ending December 2010 has decreased 59 cents...
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Summary of Wunderlich's AM Call Report
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 10:49am | 221Wunderlich Securities released their AM call summary report for September 10, with a mixed bag of recommendations. Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) has been downgraded to a Hold rating from a Buy, based on valuation. The price target is $30. Wunderlich still feels that it will see earnings growth...
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DirecTV a Buy on Latin American, NFL Strength (DTV)
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 10:33am | 147Wunderlich Securities continues to recommend a Buy rating for DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) at a $46 price target in a research report released Friday. Part of their reasoning stems from DirecTV’s inroads into Latin America, now having over one million customers in Argentina and gaining ground in other...
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Beware of Link: E-Mail Virus Plays Havoc With Internet
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 7:05am | 228Here you have … one heck of a mess. An e-mail virus swept through the Internet Thursday, snarling traffic and taking down servers at ABC (NYSE: DIS), NASA, Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) -- and possibly even affecting the Department of Homeland Security. The virus, called “Here...
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Comcast Names Cynthia Hook Senior Vice President
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:32am | 74Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) today announced that Cynthia Hook has joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Auditor. In this capacity, Ms. Hook oversees all internal audit staff, risk management, and the performance of financial, operational, systems audits, among other...
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JS Acquisition, Inc. Announces Termination of Tender Offer to Purchase Common Stock of Emmis Communications
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 8:49am | 120JS Acquisition, Inc. today announced that its offer to purchase all of Emmis' (NASDAQ: EMMS) outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock for $2.40 per share in cash has terminated. The tender offer was conditioned on, among other things, obtaining, prior to the tender offer's expiration, the...
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Top 10 'Buy'-Rated Stocks Under $5
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 6:52am | 494BOSTON (TheStreet) --Stocks trading under $5 typically have no analysts' coverage -- never mind a "buy" rating -- leaving investors to do the homework for themselves. However, a select few boast of favorable coverage from analysts, which can direct share-price movements. The following 10 U.S....
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NASDAQ Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs (LOGM, PCLN, DTV, HOOK)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:35am | 158LogMein Inc (NASDAQ: LOGM) shares reached $34.12 to create a new 52-week high, before falling to $34.05, representing a 5.00% gain. LOGM’s quarterly earnings advanced 283.80% y/y. priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) shares gained 4.15% to touch a new 52-week high of $324.47. Deutsche Bank...