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Calls Purchased on MetroPCS Communications (PCS)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 1:44pm | 139Shares of MetroPCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) are higher on the session by 4.93%, currently trading at $13.71. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today...
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Demand For Smartphones Proving Positive For MetroPCS
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 10:19am | 206Deutsche Bank has published a research report on MetroPCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) and has increased estimates on the company following channel checks that showed positive results. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "We have 2 positive takeaways from our 4Q channel checks for MetroPCS (PCS),...
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Wells Fargo Raises Consolidated Net Add Estimate For LEAP
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 12:03pm | 106Wells Fargo is raising its consolidated (voice & broadband) net add estimate for Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP) from a conservative 80,000 to 135,000. “We estimate Street consensus estimates are roughly 122,000,” Wells Fargo writes. “We note that the major adjustment in this change...
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Options Brief: NII Holdings, Inc. (NIHD)
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 11:45am | 77Shares of NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) are lower on the session by 0.07%, trading at $44.30. Overall put volume is now running at 3.78x the daily average, with 60% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,276 contracts have traded on the session so far. NII Holdings, Inc. provides...
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China Could Censor Skype
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 8:42am | 176According to a circular from the Chinese government dated December 10, China will crack down on illegal Internet telephone providers, potentially killing or severely affecting Skype in the country. The report was subsequently recirculated by Reuters. Skype is still a subsidiary of eBay (NASDAQ:...
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USA Mobility Share Repurchase Program Extended
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 5:00pm | 54USA Mobility, Inc. (Nasdaq: USMO) today announced its Board of Directors has approved a fourth extension of the Company's share repurchase program from December 31, 2010 to December 30, 2011. In addition, the Board reset the amount available for purchase under the plan from $16.1 million to $25...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:33am | 304Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Administaff Inc (ASF) Amer Tower Corp (AMT) Banco de Chile (BCH) BHP Billiton plc (BBL) China Integrated Energy (CBEH) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER TOWER CORP (AMT): Free Stock Analysis Report ADMINISTAFF INC (...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers (VOD, GOLD, AIXG, ARTG)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:29am | 114Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) dipped 1.14% to $26.02 in the pre-market session. Vodafone Spain named former Vodacom South Africa MD Shameel Joosub as its CEO. Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) lost 0.79% to $83.17 in the pre-market session. GOLD's trailing-twelve-month ROA is 5.25%....
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Small-Business Predictions for 2011: Robots!
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:23am | 186NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- We will never know why one year is more important than the next. Years, after all, are some of the most meaningless numbers there are. But for small businesses, the next 12 months are shaping up to be some of the dynamic, dramatic -- and probably destructive -- in recent...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Thursday - Tale of the Tape
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:14am | 304Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Administaff Inc (ASF) Amer Tower Corp (AMT) Banco de Chile (BCH) BHP Billiton plc (BBL) China Integrated Energy (CBEH) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AMER TOWER CORP (AMT): Free Stock Analysis Report ADMINISTAFF INC (...
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AT&T to Expand Wi-Fi Zones - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 1:03pm | 748AT&T Inc. (T), the second largest mobile service provider in the U.S., plans to expand Wi-Fi hotzones for its wireless network, including iPhones, to major markets. The company will expand its Wi-Fi access around Times Square in New York and introduce its first hotspot in San Francisco....
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AT&T to Expand Wi-Fi Zones - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 12:30pm | 748AT&T Inc. (T), the second largest mobile service provider in the U.S., plans to expand Wi-Fi hotzones for its wireless network, including iPhones, to major markets. The company will expand its Wi-Fi access around Times Square in New York and introduce its first hotspot in San Francisco....
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Options Brief: NII Holdings (NIHD)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 11:19am | 73Shares of NII Holdings (NASDAQ: NIHD) are lower on the session by 0.36%, trading at $43.84. Overall call volume is now running at 4.00x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,219 contracts have traded on the session so far. NII Holdings, Inc., through its...
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Vodafone Lower In Pre-Market (VOD, TKC)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 10:16am | 179Vodafone PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) traded lower today in pre-market trading. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleria A.S. (NYSE: TKC) issued public comments related to the Turkish market. According to Reuters, TKC saw the mobile phone penetration rate in Turkey rising in 2011, and that profitability was improving...
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Vodafone Lower In Pre-Market After Turkcell Comments On Turkey Market (VOD, TKC)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 9:56am | 111Shares of Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) are ticking down this morning after Turkcell (NYSE: TKC) made comments that it doesn't see any potential acquisition targets in the abroad, writes Bloomberg. "We are not standing close to buying a company," in neighboring countries, said Deputy Chief Executive Officer...