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Lots Of Earnings Ahead This Week Including Lululemon, Chewy, Walgreens, Micron
Monday, March 29, 2021 - 9:57am | 2521Read More...The market feels like a coiled spring as we start the final week of the quarter. Last Friday’s late surge to new record highs despite the selloff in media stocks provided fresh life, but that strength didn’t show up for work Monday morning. One question is whether the S&P 500...
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Go Out Or Stay At Home? Tug Of War Could Continue After Peloton, Amazon, Netflix Hammered Monday
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 11:11am | 2586Read More...The 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon came back to Earth and reportedly didn’t know what could top that experience. Today, Wall Street finds itself in the same spaceship as those long-ago voyagers, with investors unsure what can eclipse the rocket ride that took markets to new highs...
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Investor Movement Index Summary: June 2020
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 12:56pm | 1993Read More...Exposure in TD Ameritrade client accounts increased during the June IMX period. The IMX score increased by 4.6%, or 0.20 points, to 4.55 from 4.35 the previous period. TD Ameritrade clients used the volatility during the June period to increase exposure to equity markets. Clients were net buyers...
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#PreMarket Primer: Wednesday, December 3: Investors Weigh The Possibility Of More Easing In The Eurozone
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 9:15am | 1318Read More...The euro tumbled on Wednesday morning as investors placed their bets on whether or not the European Central Bank would announce a large-scale easing plan at Thursday’s policy meeting. Though there has been a great deal of division within the bank’s governing council over whether or...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, November 21: Immigration Reform Could Have Lasting Impact In More Ways Than One
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 9:09am | 1223Read More...President Barack Obama announced his sweeping reforms of the U.S. immigration system on Thursday, much to the dismay of Republicans who believe the President should not act unilaterally. The reforms will protect nearly five million undocumented workers from deportation and give them an...
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AT&T Forced To Cut Prices As Smartphone Plan Wars Intensify
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 2:02pm | 570Read More...When competing companies go after each other, it’s normally the customer who wins in the end. That’s exactly what’s playing out as T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) continues its plan to disrupt the space. AT&T (NYSE: T) announced on February 1 that it was dropping prices for customers who sign up for...
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T-Mobile Remains A Major Takeover Target in Cellular (TMUS)
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:11am | 557Read More...After a wave of consolidation in the U.S. cellular market, one major acquisition target remains – T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS). According to AllThingsD, although the gains made by the company in its customer base in the second quarter were significant, the company remains on takeover radar as far...
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Merger Speculation Increases For Both Dish And Charter Following Losses (CHTR, DISH)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 1:06pm | 581Read More...Nothing ramps up merger speculation faster than a poor quarter. Dish Network (NYSE: DISH) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) both reported second-quarter losses Tuesday which Bloomberg said resulted in renewed Wall Street chatter about possible mergers in both companies’ futures. In both...
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Ford Adding F-150 Fleet Of CNG Powered Vehicles (F)
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 2:32pm | 591Read More...A resurgence in demand for trucks, coupled with a desire to cut operating costs on the part of commercial fleet buyers, led Ford Motor (NYSE: F) to announce that later this year it will begin selling an F-150 pickup modified to run on compressed natural gas, according to The Wall Street Journal...
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Sprint Beats Out Dish for Clearwire Spectrum (CLWR, DISH, S)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 8:45am | 588Read More...The votes are in and counted and the winner is - Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S). Bloomberg reported Monday that investors holding or representing 82 percent of eligible Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) shares voted to accept Sprint’s offer. The deal gives Sprint valuable Clearwire spectrum that would...
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Clearwire Tells Shareholders to Take Dish Offer
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 7:46am | 575Read More...Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) means business. The company showed that when it trumped Sprint Nextel’s (NYSE: S) offer of $3.40 a share for Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) stock with a tender offer of $4.40 a share. In response now, according to Reuters, Clearwire told shareholders Wednesday to vote...
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Apple Maintains Strong Lead in Smartphone Sales – Continues Gains With iOS
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 10:41am | 596Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still #1. That’s not just Apple fans talking. Research firm, comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) released its latest data based on surveys of more than 30, 000 mobile subscribers in the U.S. and the surveys said: Of the 138.5 million smartphones out there, 39.2 percent (54.3 million...
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ESPN Wants to Subsidize Smartphone Data Plans
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 12:13pm | 564Read More...Is this awesome or what? ESPN, aka, “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” wants to help pay for smartphone users’ monthly data plans. The plan isn’t really a plan and no actual number crunching has taken place yet, but sentiment counts for something, right? The point, according to The Wall Street...
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Online Advertisers and Senators Butt Heads Over 'Do Not Track'
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 9:20am | 668Read More...Digital advertising advocates are concerned that browser “do not track” settings will bring financial ruin to small online businesses. On the other hand, members of Congress, including Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), say online companies are not complying with the wishes of consumers who do not...
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The FCC May Not Be Planning Nationwide Free Wi-Fi, but Google Might Be
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 9:38am | 580Read More...Rumor had it that back in February, that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) planned to make Wi-Fi free for most of the country. The Washington Post first detailed the plan, saying it would extend free Wi-Fi to nearly every metropolitan area in the United States, along with “many rural...
