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Media Digest (4/1/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Weak small businesses in Spain and Italy could cause the next wave of problems in the European Union. (Reuters) Mobile messaging apps begin to compete with use of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). (Reuters)...
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Battle over Telecom Merger Enters the Endgame
A week from Friday, a special meeting of shareholders of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) will vote on a proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, a division of Deutsche Telekom. Metro’s board today...
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Media Digest (4/2/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Glencore says it will delay its deal to buy Xstrata while China reviews the marriage. (Reuters) NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) buys eSpeed for $750 million. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)...
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Media Digest (4/5/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Chairman Ray Lane steps down. (Reuters) Money continues to move into the U.S. bond market despite worries to the contrary. (Reuters) The new Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)...
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Merrill Lynch Lists Stocks to Short During Earnings Season (JCP, DO, XRAY,...
Every firm on Wall St. has a list of stocks that need to be bought for one reason or another. We keep our readers abreast of those lists, because many of the large firms we have research coverage with...
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Sweetened Offer in the Works for MetroPCS?
Ahead of the shareholders meeting schedule for this Friday, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) may be getting an improved offer from Deutsche Telekom AG for the proposed merger with DT’s T-Mobile...
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Media Digest (4/11/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM), Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) and Nissan will recall 3.4 million cars over airbag defects. (Reuters) Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) faces slow KFC sales in China because...
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T-Mobile Adjusts Offer for MetroPCS, Soothes Reluctant Shareholders
Shareholders of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) received a better offer from T-Mobile USA and its Germany-based parent Deutsche Telekom AG last night, and two of Metro’s largest shareholders...
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Does It Matter Who Owns Sprint?
Now that Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) has made a better offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) than the one on the table from Japan’s Softbank, we might pause to consider what is different about...
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Media Digest (4/16/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Softbank probably will pursue its bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), even though DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) has made a bid of its own. (Reuters) The European Union may ask Google Inc.’s...
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MetroPCS Soon to Disappear: T-Mobile Takover Approved
Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) are looking for direction on reports that its shareholders have approved the takeover by T-Mobile. It was hard to not notice that shares rose 2.3%...
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Is It Still Worth Acquiring Sprint?
If any other telecom company had turned it the earnings results we saw this morning from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), that company’s shares would have dropped at least 10% if not more. Sprint posted...
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What Is Important in the Financial World (4/25/2013)
Verizon Talks with Vodafone Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) apparently wants to buy out the 45% of Verizon Wireless it does not own. The other portion is owned by Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ:...
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Verizon Gets Serious About Wireless Buyout
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) apparently wants to buy out the 45% of Verizon Wireless it does not own. The other portion is owned by Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD), which will be offered...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Intuit, MetroPCS and More
Investors and traders are usually on the lookout for new research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall St. and from...
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