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Marijuana Legalization Debate Heats Up In Missouri Ahead Of Midterms
Monday, October 31, 2022 - 10:02am | 568With just one week before Missourians will go to the polls to weigh in on cannabis legalization, debates around its benefits and potential policy change are heating up. Cannabis legalization activists have been tireless in their push for the cause for months while...
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BlackBerry CEO Says Turnaround Is Ahead Of Schedule, Revenue Will Stabilize Over The Coming Year
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 1:27pm | 226BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) has been trying to reinvent itself recently, and many investors and analysts have their doubts about how much the company is actually changing. However, CEO John Chen insists that the company is running "a little ahead of our two-year turnaround and strategy,...
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BlackBerry Is 'Catering To Entrepreneurs' As They Move Away From Android
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 3:16pm | 431BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) made the unusual decision to target startups and entrepreneurs in promoting its newest smartphone, the $275 Leap. Is this a useful ad campaign? "I think it's not going to be a massive market," Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry told...
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Why Is This Analyst More Worried About Android Than BlackBerry?
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 1:57pm | 586The future of Google Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) ubiquitous operating system may not be set in stone. Between the rise of iOS devices, the decline of SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTC: SSNLF) and the potential for Windows Phone to accelerate, Android is no longer the easy leader in mobile development....
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Pacific Crest: Metal 3D Printing Offers High Growth, But Investing In The Technology Is Challenging
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 11:34am | 639The metal 3D printing systems is expected to increase to a nearly $700 million market by 2016 from $200 million in 2013, according to analysts at Pacific Crest. However, investors shouldn't expect the surge in demand to translate to a guaranteed return on investments. "As metal...
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AT&T Wins FCC Approval - Acquires Leap And Cricket
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 1:25pm | 594AT&T (NYSE: T) announced Thursday that its $1.3 billion acquisition of Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) and its Cricket brand was now complete. The announcement followed a statement by the Federal Communications Commission on its website that it had approved the deal, which had originally been...
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$100 Million in Unsold iPhones Plague This Carrier
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 1:27pm | 542When Leap Wireless' (NASDAQ: LEAP) prepaid network decided to offer the iPhone in 2012, the company expected big sales. This was an easy expectation to make. After all, Sprint (NYSE: S) has been boasting about its high iPhone sales for several quarters. AT&T (NYSE: T) sold 8.6 million...
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Piper Jaffray Comments On LEAP Pre-Announcement
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 7:28am | 115Piper Jaffray Comments On LEAP Pre-Announcement Although the first quarter has not yet wrapped up, Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) pre-announced expectations for 1Q11 results, Piper Jaffray reports. “Subscriber metrics are better than expected, but we believe the company intimated...
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Piper Jaffray: LEAP / PCS Merger Would Have "No Real Effect" On Tower Stocks
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:32am | 235In its weekly update on telecom services, Piper Jaffray reports that the potential merger of Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) and MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) would have no real effect on the tower stocks. “Overlapping markets are extremely limited, so there is little risk for cell site decommissioning,” Piper...
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Oppenheimer Communications Industry Update (S, LEAP, DTEGY)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 7:27am | 136Oppenheimer reports that stocks in the communications industry, specifically Sprint (NYSE: S) and Leap (NASDAQ: LEAP) performed well this week, in spite of a market decline. Oppenheimer stated that “Communications sector stocks outperformed significantly, increasing by 0.7%. Sprint (+15%) and Leap...
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Telecom's Pipe Report
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 7:36am | 301Piper Jaffray has published the PipeReport from the telecom world, reporting that: "Leap (NASDAQ: LEAP) announced that its Chief Operating Officer Al Moschner will retire. Mr. Moschner's retirement is to become effective when a successor is appointed or Dec. 31, 2010, if one is not appointed by...
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Telecom World Updates From The Pipe Report
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 8:01am | 475On 9/22, Piper Jaffray will host a webinar to delve deeper in to the European collocation market, featuring Tim Anker, the founder of the Colocation Exchange for a Q&A session monitored by Piper Jaffray analysts. The webinar will begin at 10:30 am EST and can be accessed at www.piperjaffray....