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Comcast to Charge $300 for New Internet Service
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 8:55am | 435Read More...Following the announcement that Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is doubling the speed of two of its existing Xfinity Internet services (Xfinity Blast! and Extreme 50), the company has announced Xfinity Platinum Internet, its fastest broadband service yet. However, there is one thing Comcast has not yet...
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AT&T Robs iPhone Users and Brags About It
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 12:23pm | 604Read More...AT&T (NYSE: T) released its second-quarter results this morning, highlighting a number of areas in which the company has increased its revenue. During the period, AT&T increased wireless data revenues by 18.8 percent - a $1 billion increase from the year-earlier quarter. Wireless data...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 23
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:07am | 1226Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...
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AT&T Could Charge Apple iPhone Users for FaceTime in the Future
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 1:33pm | 432Read More...The controversy surrounding AT&T's (NYSE: T) desire to add new fees is heating up after rumors spread that the company will charge Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone users for 3G FaceTime access. The official word from AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is that it is "too early" to reveal that...
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Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo! and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 7:01am | 1093Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Barron's Recap (5/12/12): The Memory-Foam Mattress Industry, Facebook's IPO
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 8:10am | 946Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the pros and cons of memory-foam mattresses and the prospects for Facebook's IPO and for aircraft maker Embraer and semiconductor testing equipment maker ChipMOS. Cover Story "Sex or Sleep?" by Miriam Gottfried. Sales of memory-foam mattresses have surged as more...
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RingCentral Goes Down, Raising Questions About its Stability
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 1:31pm | 287Read More...Is the cloud-based phone service worth the trouble of enduring one major outage a year? Benzinga uses RingCentral. In 2011, on our company's most important day of the year, the service went down, effectively terminating our ability to make or receive calls with our office phones. It was awful, to...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 23 (AAPL, XOM, UPS)
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:23am | 1026Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) seems to be in a sphere all by itself these days, and its fiscal second-quarter results no doubt will be the highlight of the earnings reports due this week. However, others also on tap this week to share their results for the most recent quarter include Amazon.com (NASDAQ:...
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Verizon Communications Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 7:01am | 913Read More...Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, April 19, before the markets open. Verizon ended 2011 with improving top and bottom lines. Its wireless business remained healthy, with strong gross subscriber additions. The company also reduced its...
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Netflix CEO Hates Comcast Data Caps
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 8:44am | 712Read More...Reed Hastings has suddenly realized that broadband data caps could destroy his business, and he's not happy about it. In a move that is almost as funny as watching Netflix's CEO perform stand-up comedy, Hastings has published a brief rant on his Facebook page (via CNET), claiming that Comcast's (...
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Are 4G iPad Users Paying for 3G Speeds?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 9:33am | 285Read More...They say you get what you pay for. But if you're an iPad user in Australia, that may not be the case. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is being accused of “misleading” Australian consumers. Businessweek quoted the following statement from the Australian Competition &...
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Apple's New iPad Data Consumption Could Benefit Sprint
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 2:21pm | 613Read More...Another day, another negative piece of news about Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPad. Earlier today, USA Today reported that the new iPad's 4G connection can drain users' limited 2 GB data plans in less than 24 hours. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is currently offering monthly data plans for iPad starting from...
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Is AT&T Still More Popular Than Sprint and Verizon?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 7:23am | 611Read More...The telecommunications giant isn't just the leading cellular carrier among existing customers. Future subscribers are turning to AT&T as well. In a survey regarding future tablet purchases, ChangeWave Research asked 1,604 business IT buyers whether or not they plan to buy a tablet for their...
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What Will iPad Buyers Pay AT&T for 4G LTE?
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 9:27am | 972Read More...AT&T and Verizon are ready to take your wallet. But are iPad users prepared to hand it over? There has been a lot of hoopla surrounding the 4G LTE support for the new iPad, which Apple has been touting as the most revolutionary device since the iPad 2. Most consumers I've spoken to do not seem...
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Can Dish Take Down AT&T?
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 9:22am | 979Read More...As one cellular giant comes under fire for new data caps, one major satellite provider is attempting to break new ground. But has the battle already been lost? Roughly 12 months ago, Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) acquired the ailing video rental chain Blockbuster Video. Since that time, the company...




