Integrated Telecommunication Services

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) is “at $73 and yields 3.3%.” He added, “I'd love to get it at 4% but it probably won't get there. I give it a triple buy." For Iconix Brands (NASDAQ: ICON), he said, "Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) reported a bad...

According to the latest Forbes Magazine billionaire issue, the richest man in the world is Carlos Slim Helu, who made much of his money from the Latin American telecommunications company, America Movil (AMX). The company announced this week that it is proposing a two for one stock split and a stock...

VimpelCom Ltd. (NYSE: VIP) announced today that it has received all the necessary regulatory approvals needed to complete the combination of VimpelCom and Wind Telecom S.p.A.. Final approvals have now been received from the Italian Antitrust Authority, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the...

Gabelli & Company is reiterating its Buy recommendation on shares of Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB) “due to attractive valuation and solid growth prospects in the data center colocation business.” CBB is trading at 5.6x 2012P EBITDA. “Our 2011 PMV estimate is $5.40 per share, growing to $6.80...

J.P. Morgan recently visited Windstream Corporation's (NASDAQ: WIN) headquarters and met with CEO Jeff Gardner, and CFO Tony Thomas. “Overall our takeaway from the meetings was Windstream's committed approach to becoming an increasingly business-oriented ‘top line growth' company, while maintaining...

Below are the top large-cap telecom services-foreign stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) had $25.87 billion in total cash and $27.20 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NYSE: NTT) had $14.85 billion in total...

Unconfirmed Rumors Circulate that AT&T (T) Is readying a Bid of $40.00 for (DISH)..

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: FTR), upgrading FTR from Hold to Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "We are upgrading our rating on the shares of Frontier to Buy from Hold this morning, based on valuation, as the company's...

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), upgrading CTL from Hold to Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "We are upgrading our rating on the shares of CenturyLink to Buy from Hold, with a $44 target price. Our upgrade is largely premised on valuation,...

Analysts at Exane BNP Paribas downgrade Telefonica SA (NYSE: TEF) from “neutral” to “underperform.” TEF shares fell 2.03% to close at $24.18 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Below are the top mid-cap technology stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC) has a PEG ratio of 0.17. UMC's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $4.09 billion. TIM Participacoes SA (NYSE: TSU) has a PEG ratio of 0.44. TSU's trailing-...

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission issued an order yesterday approving the pending merger between CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q). As part of the approval process, the companies committed to investing a minimum of $80 million in broadband...

Standpoint Research is upgrading the following companies: Saneamento Brazil (NYSE: SBS) from Hold to Accumulate Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO) from Hold to Accumulate BanColombia (NYSE: CIB) from Hold to Accumulate Cracker Barrell (NASDAQ: CBRL) from Hold to Buy Volterra (NASDAQ: VLTR) from...

NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NTLS) announced today that the company had entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement related to its existing $751 million term loan. The amendment provides for a repricing of the Term Loan and will improve the Company's overall cost of borrowing by reducing...

Anonymous, a hacker group sympathetic to WikiLeaks, released emails today that it received from someone who used to work at Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). In other news, no one cared. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said Sunday that it will begin to cap DSL data usage for its Internet customers and put...