May
02
2011
Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company’s economic output. That’s because earnings are quite often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation in keeping with dubious judgment calls. Earnings’ unreliability is among the reasons Foolish investors …
May
02
2011
In today’s market, buying a rocket stock in advance of it takes a nosedive is every investor’s worst nightmare. Finviz.com publishes a regular list of stocks whose shares have just hit new 52-week highs. Everyday, investors read the list and tremble — some with greed, others with terror. Within our Motley Fool CAPS investing …
May
02
2011
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May
02
2011
AT&T Inc. said it plans to introduce its own discount-coupon website. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg AT&T Inc. (T), aiming to tap the billion- dollar marketplace for online coupons dominated by Groupon Inc., will introduce its own discount site in a couple of month in La, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth. The site, on its yellowpages.com subsidiary, is …
May
02
2011
Today HBO [TWC Loading... () ] officially launched its new app, HBO Go, to permit HBO subscribers to access its content from anywhere. Ben Swinburne, Morgan Stanley’s media analyst, says this might be a win-win-win – helping time warner grow its subscriber base, enabling cable and satellite TV companies to carry directly …
May
02
2011
BY STEVEN RUSSOLILLO dish network Corp. and its former unit EchoStar Corp. agreed to pay TiVo Inc. $500 million to settle a seven-year patent dispute over digital video recorder technology. The settlement was announced Monday in addition to Dish’s quarterly results. The second one-largest U.S. satellite-television provider, after DirecTV, said its first-quarter profit greater than …
May
02
2011
The U.S. Justice Department extended its review of AT&T Inc. (T)’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T- Mobile USA Inc., asking the firms for more info, based on two people knowledgeable about the placement. The department’s antitrust division also sent so-called civil investigative demands, that are like subpoenas, to competitors of both companies, seeking data …
May
02
2011
I currently have comcast, but I have heard many good things about verizon fios. Fios would be a little bit cheaper, please let me know the pros and cons of each, and which is better overall. Thanks
May
01
2011
My verizon fios remote control is going wonky and Id rather use my regular TV remote for both the television and the cable box. Is this possible to do? My TV remote is a Dynex ZRC-102. Thanks!
