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Why Olympic TV Ratings Were So Poor And What NBC Got Wrong In Rio
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 6:41am | 365Comcast Corporation's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBC isn't happy with the results of the Olympics. Not because Americans didn’t bring enough medals back home, but due to the 17 percent decline in primetime viewership witnessed in relation to the previous Summer Olympic Games. Comcast paid $12...
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3 Recent Deals Show Discovery Communications Management Building A 'Foundation For Future Growth'
Friday, August 12, 2016 - 4:11pm | 291Argus analyst Joseph Bonner highlighted Discovery Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA) as a Value Stock on Friday, reiterated a Buy rating and $40 price target on Class A shares. The report pointed out three main reasons for the firm’s bullishness: The robust constant currency revenue...
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Brazil ETFs Try To Stay On The Medal Podium
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 9:23am | 493To exhaust Summer Olympics-related metaphors, if medals were given to exchange traded funds, the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (NYSE: EWZ) and other Brazil ETFs would certain be on various medal stands this year. In the case of EWZ, the largest Brazil ETF, among Latin America single-country...
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What The Rio Olympics Mean For Zika And Favelas
Friday, August 5, 2016 - 1:54pm | 657With the Rio Olympics kicking off Friday, anticipation is building up and news is crowding the internet. Among much discussion, we would like to take a look into what this event means for Rio de Janeiro’s "favelas" (slums) and for the spread of the Zika virus. God’s Cities About 1.4...
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Rio Olympics: Brazil's New Sports Minister Says Not To Worry About Zika
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 3:25pm | 305Brazil has seen so many changes in its political leadership. What’s relevant to this piece is the following: Over the past couple of months, the Latin American country, which will be hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in less than three months, has gone through three Sports Ministers....