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Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO)’s 2016 shopping spree is reportedly still going strong. On Monday, Reuters reported that Apollo is in talks to acquire assets from struggling hospital operator Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH). Community Health Systems currently has a market cap of...

Activist Investor Carl Icahn rattled the cage again last week at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), one of his top stock picks at the moment, along with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In his latest letter to eBay shareholders, Icahn said he had "not yet begun to fight...

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Outerwall's (NASDAQ: OUTR) streaming video venture could soon come to an end. The two teamed up to create a new and unique competitor to Netflix, one that would incorporate the best of two completely separate worlds. From the start, Redbox Instant was designed to give...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which appears to preparing for expansion into Germany and France, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, January 22, after the end of the trading session. Netflix finished 2013 as the single best-performing stock in the S&P 500 index....

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which just announced a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) to produce more original programming, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2013 results Monday, October 21, after the end of the trading session. Investors will be looking for continued strong subscriber growth and...

This weekend in Barron's online: the fall Big Money poll results, as well as the prospects for AT&T, Outerwall, Questcor Pharmaceuticals and more. Cover Story "Raking In Returns" by Jack Willoughby. American money managers expect stocks to rise seven percent between now and the middle of...

How much are used Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices worth to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)? The Windows maker has launched a new buyback program with the help of Clover Wireless, a company that specializes in private label trade-ins, buy-backs and repair services for carriers, retailers and OEMs (original...

Several customers are about to dump their one-year-old iPhone. Mark Bowles, the founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Outerwall's (NASDAQ: OUTR) ecoATM, said that his kiosks typically enjoy an increase in old iPhone trade-ins whenever a new one is released. This includes everything from the...

This weekend in Barron's online: a roundtable discussion of the changing landscape of master limited partnerships, and the prospects for the Washington Post, BNP Paribas, HD Supply, Isis Pharmaceuticals and Redbox. Cover Story "MLP Boom or Bust?" by Dimitra DeFotis. Master limited partnerships (...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which garnered 14 Emmy nominations last week for its original programming, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Monday, July 22, after the end of the trading session. Investors will be looking to see whether the success of "Arrested Development" and "...