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Netflix Spikes After News Comcast Will Put Service On Its X1 Platform
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 1:20pm | 284Read More...Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) were trading in negative territory Tuesday, but surged higher on heavy volume late morning. Investors and traders were reacting favorably to reports that the streaming video platform will be available on Comcast Corporation(NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s X1 platform...
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Comcast's NBCUniversal Confirms $3.8 Billion Buyout Of Dreamworks
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 9:54am | 467Read More...Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) confirmed on Thursday morning that its NBCUniversal segment has acquired Dreamworks Animation Skg Inc (NASDAQ: DWA). As part of the merger agreement, DreamWorks shareholders will receive $41 in cash for each share of DreamWorks share they own. The agreement...
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Facebook And Amazon: More Earnings From The FANG Stocks
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 741Read More...Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...
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Chrysler And Ford Earnings: Following In GM's Footsteps?
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:38pm | 725Read More...Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...
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GM And GE: Will Revitalization Efforts Pay Out In Earnings?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 4:43pm | 590Read More...Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two old-school giants striving to improve their prospects. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from just one of them. However, both have handily bested earnings expectations in recent quarters. The new earnings season...
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McDonald's Vs. Starbucks: Which Earnings Will Be Tastier?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 9:19am | 607Read More...Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two popular purveyors of coffee and other consumables. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth each of them, but a top-line decline from one. And, one of them has a better record of topping earnings expectations in recent...
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Will Intel And Microsoft Top Earnings Expectations Again?
Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 7:01pm | 559Read More...The first-quarter earnings reporting season kicks into high gear this week. Highlights will include the latest results from two technology giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from both of them. The new earnings season is underway, and among the highlights this week will...
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Coke Versus Pepsi: Which Beats Low Q1 Earnings Expectations?
Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 6:56pm | 580Read More...The first-quarter earnings reporting season kicks into high gear this week. Highlights will include the latest results from two beverage giant rivals. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings declines from both of them. The new earnings season is underway, and among the highlights this week...
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Benzinga's Experience With Comcast: A Channel Check?
Saturday, April 9, 2016 - 3:59pm | 253Read More...Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) ranks lowest of all Internet providers for customer satisfaction, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Channel checks are always helpful. Benzinga had its own unfortunate experience with Comcast this week. After having several internet...
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Barron's: The World's Best CEOs
Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 8:25pm | 652Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's presents the annual list of the best CEOs in the world. The chief executives of the FANG stocks make the cut, but Tim Cook does not. Other featured articles include the annual ranking of the best online brokers. Tim Cook of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) did...
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A Petition To Block Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger Has Over 200,000 Signatures
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 12:18pm | 193Read More...ColorOfChange, an online civil rights organization "comprised of Black folks from every economic class," announced in a press release that it has joined nearly a dozen groups and more than 200,000 individuals in opposing a merger between Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) and Time Warner...
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Comcast Corporation Reports Q4 Results, Raises Annual Dividend & Commits To Share Buybacks
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 9:17am | 359Read More...Shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) were trading higher by 0.75 percent early Wednesday morning after the company reported its fourth quarter results. Comcast earned $0.81 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $19.08 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting the company to...
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Google, Yahoo And LinkedIn: Who Can Beat Earnings Expectations?
Sunday, January 31, 2016 - 8:41pm | 640Read More...Three Internet giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). Expectations for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are considerably more...
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Report: Comcast Angers Cable Networks With Channel Lineup Switches, Viacom 'Irked'
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 11:50am | 182Read More...According to the New York Post, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has "started ripping up" agreements with cable networks by bundling popular channels onto digital tiers and out of basic packages. The New York Post noted that Spike, CMT and Pop are some of the channels that have...
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NBC Lays Out Plans For Live TV, Late-Night And Long-Term Success
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 10:44am | 475Read More...Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and NBC’s day at the annual winter edition of the Television Critics Association can easily be summed up with one sentiment – “we are number one.” Given how many years NBC was essentially the industry’s running joke it is hard to...
