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iPad 2 Launch Angers Customers, Reveals Holes In Apple Customer Service?
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 1:07pm | 939For a company that prides itself on providing great customer service, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has left a few customers angry over the way it handled the launch of the iPad 2. Long lines were expected for what was being hailed as the most anticipated tablet of the year. While some iPad 2 seekers feared...
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Verizon Adds truTV HD to FiOS TV Channel Lineup; Includes Men's NCAA Tournament Games
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 12:12pm | 105Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV customers will soon experience yet another enhancement with the launch of truTV HD. In addition to truTV's original programming lineup, the channel is one of four that will broadcast the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, allowing FiOS TV customers to...
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Verizon Makes Calls Free to Japan from March 11 to April 10
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 10:21am | 152Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is making calls to Japan free for most wireless and residential customers through April 10. All Verizon Wireless post-paid customers will receive free calling to Japan from March 11 through April 10. Post-paid customers are those who receive a monthly bill from the company. In...
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Top Stocks of Russia
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 12:31am | 572Did you know that the Market Vectors Russia Exchange Traded Fund (RSX) has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the last two years. It has also outperformed over the last year, the last six months, and the last three months. Where has all this strength come from? Russia has the world's...
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The Companies to Watch in the Profitable World of Mobile Gaming
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 11:59am | 732By Stephanie Taylor Christensen The high-tech gaming market used to be dominated by a few major players: Nintendo, Sony (SNE), and Microsoft (MSFT). Thanks to the uprise in smartphones (Nielsen estimates by the end of 2011, one in two Americans will have one), mobile gaming on a smartphone has...
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Where Will You Buy Your iPad 2 At 5PM Today? (AAPL)
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 11:16am | 344Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) today announced that iPad 2, the next generation of its magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more, will be available tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time at all 236...
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Puts are Your Friend 03-10-11
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 6:41pm | 919Cusick's Corner Shots fired in Saudi Arabia, the market finished at its worst levels, and for the first time all year this market is looking truly distressed. This action is exactly why I have been discussing protection and spread trading. Mitigating risk tactics are essential, especially when...
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AT&T To Hold 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Little Rock
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 3:15pm | 49AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today that the company will hold its 2011 annual meeting of stockholders in Little Rock. The meeting will be held at the Statehouse Convention Center at 9 a.m. Central time on Friday, April 29, 2011.
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HickoryTech Corporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend Of $0.135
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 10:20am | 63HickoryTech Corporation (NASDAQ: HTCO) today announced that its Board of Directors voted to declare a quarterly dividend of $0.135 per share of HickoryTech common stock. The $0.135 dividend is payable on June 5, 2011 to shareholders of record on May 15, 2011. HickoryTech has a long history of...
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Warwick Valley Telephone Company Announces Dividend Increase for Q1 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 8:48am | 87Reflecting the Company's positive outlook for generation of long-term cash flow, the Board of Directors of the Warwick Valley Telephone Company (NASDAQ: WWVY) announced an increase of the Common Share cash dividend for the first quarter of 2011. The new dividend of $.26 is up from $.24. The Board...
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Oppenheimer Gives Color On General Communications Following Earnings Report
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 7:22am | 164General Communications (NASDAQ: GNCMA) reported 4Q10 adjusted EBITDA of $50M, slightly below Oppenheimer's/Street estimates of $52M. Full-year 2010 EBITDA of $222M outperformed guidance of $200-204M, as expected. Management issued 2011 EBITDA guidance of $233-238M in line with Oppenheimer's $235M...
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General Communications Reports Q4 Results
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 6:50am | 65General Communications (NASDAQ: GNCMA) reported its Q4 adjusted EBITDA at $50.3 million, versus $45 million, in the year-ago quarter. GNCMA reported its Q4 revenue at $165.0 million, versus the consensus of $158.14 million. GNCMA shares dropped 0.83% to close at $11.90 yesterday. Read more from...
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(ALI) To Get Up From A Punch?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 9:31am | 794Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) suddenly showed some signs of life earlier today when it beat the 8 count and closed at PHP 15.28. Not only did it barely ended just outside the resistance of a descending channel, it also attempted to break out from a small inverted head and shoulders...
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Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Network Coverage in Jericho and Underhill, Vermont
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 9:04am | 106Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) recently activated a new cell site in Jericho that expands wireless voice and 3G data coverage in Jericho and Underhill and along Route 15, as well as the surrounding areas. The company invested in Chittenden County to continue to stay ahead of increasing demand for...
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Retirees' Pension Lawsuit Against Verizon & SuperMedia Certified as Class Action
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 11:10am | 146Senior Federal Judge A. Joe Fish of the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, issued an order granting class certification for participants in Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) pension plans who were involuntarily transferred to Idearc's pension plans in November 2006. Idearc was a Verizon spin-off that...