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AT&T Gets Major Exit Cue As DirecTV Clinches Dish Deal
Monday, September 30, 2024 - 7:53am | 620DirecTV has finalized a deal to merge with Dish Network, marking a significant shift in the pay-TV landscape. This would allow AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) to walk out of DirecTV. What Happened: The merger concludes decades of intermittent discussions, creating a combined entity with 20 million...
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Value Investing: Three Dirt Cheap Stocks
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 12:27pm | 1800Walter J. Schloss is a name that may ring bells with value investors as he was deemed a “super-investor” by none other than Warren Buffett in a famous essay entitled “The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville,” which was published in the Columbia University Business School...
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Could Blockbuster Come Back To Life? This DAO Will Try
Monday, December 27, 2021 - 6:11pm | 381BlockbusterDAO — a peculiar decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) — plans to buy video rental store chain Blockbuster to bring it back to life. See Also: What is a DAO? What happened: BlockbusterDAO plans to raise $5 million in a non-fungible token (NFT) sale, according to a...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Home Depot, Nio, ViacomCBS And More
Saturday, May 22, 2021 - 1:46pm | 1296Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The past week's bullish calls included a new Warren Buffett stake and a big-box retailer. The iPhone maker, a pot stock and a video streaming leader were among the bearish calls seen. Investors began...
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Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Cisco, Coca-Cola, IBM, Tesla And More
Monday, February 18, 2019 - 10:30am | 800Benzinga featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included an old-school tech giant and an EV leader. Bearish calls included a couple of consumer goods producers. The big U.S. indexes ended this past week with a gain of 2 percent or so. It was not only a...
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Insider Buys Of The Week: GTT Communications, Dish Network, Heico
Monday, January 28, 2019 - 8:22am | 559Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. A 10% owner, a director and another executive made notable purchases this week. One of these buyers has been making frequent purchase lately. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10 percent owners really only buy shares of...
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Insider Buys Of The Week: BlackRock, Dish Network, Walgreens
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 8:07am | 541Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. A CEO added to his stake last week after shares sank to a low. An insider bought some shares on the same day the CEO was selling. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10 percent owners really only buy shares of a company...
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AT&T Counsel: 'No Credible Evidence' Merger Will Hurt Consumers, Competition
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 - 6:29pm | 484The Justice Department is taking action to block AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s proposed merger with Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX). What You Need To Know The Justice Department is suing to block the $85 billion mega-merger, as it said the combined entity would result in "fewer innovative...
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Dish Network Calling The Election For Clinton, Based On Cable TV Viewership Stats
Monday, November 7, 2016 - 11:27am | 446Hillary Clinton will gain control of the White House and the Republican party will maintain control of the House, at least according to Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH). Dish announced the results of its "Viewers to Voters," which is a predictive model that analyzes the potential...
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Kerrisdale's Latest: Dish Network Improperly Deducting $1 Billion In Taxes
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 9:32am | 391Kerrisdale Capital attacked DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) in a short thesis report earlier this month. On Friday, Kerrisdale followed up with a second report. This time, the investment firm attacked the company on alleged violation of tax laws. The investment firm also sent a Form 3949-A...
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Kerrisdale Capital Attacks Dish Network In New Short Thesis
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 11:10am | 292Shares of DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) fell to an intra-day low of $46.68 on Wednesday before reversing its losses and trading higher on the day. Investors and traders initially reacted to Kerrisdale Capital's short thesis, which argued that Dish's strategy of accumulating a...
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comScore Highlights Benefits Of Expanded Partnership With Dish Network
Friday, April 1, 2016 - 10:41am | 171COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) announced on Friday an expansion of its partnership with DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) to renew the integration of Dish's TV viewing information with comScore's measurement service. As part of the agreement, comScore will continue providing Dish with an...
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HBO Now's Subscriber Count Off To Slower Start
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 9:36am | 297On Wednesday, Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s HBO pulled back the curtain on its HBO Now streaming service, and while the numbers may be smaller than analysts expected, it's important to note it is also just a start. HBO CEO Richard Plepler revealed that HBO Now has 800,000 paying subscribers since...
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Is The Video Subscription Space Saturated?
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 1:39pm | 449The way consumers watch TV has changed drastically over the past few years as the popularity of Internet video sites like YouTube have skyrocketed. Dedicated streaming services like Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Hulu emerged and their warm reception from American viewers caused traditional...
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Gabelli & Co On Dish T-Mobile Merger Rumor: 'Dish It Up! Buy'
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 3:06pm | 529Shares of T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE: TMUS) surged to fresh 52-week highs of $40.77 on Thursday, while shares of DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) were higher by more than 6 percent after The Wall Street Journal reported the two companies are in merger talks. In a report published Thursday afternoon...