Aug
24
2011
CenturyLink (CTL) is the third largest telecommunications company inside the U.S. The corporate offers an appealing 8.6% dividend yield. CenturyLink recently purchased a cloud computing company, Savvis, to present cloud services akin to Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL). CTL is the telecommunication utility industry leader in innovation, currently pursuing acquisitions which complement CTL’s business model. …
Aug
24
2011
{“s” : “ctl,vz”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Zacks Equity Research, On Monday July 18, 2011, 5:45 pm EDT CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL – News) has completed its acquisition of Savvis Inc. The tips technology (IT) services provider cost CenturyLink $2.5 billion in cash and stock, worth $40 per share. CenturyLink paid Savvis stockholders …
Aug
24
2011
{“s” : “bsx,ctl,ew,mdt,rdea”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} On Friday July 15, 2011, 8:05 am EDT For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – July 15, 2011 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Ardea Biosciences Inc (NasdaqGS: RDEA – News) because the Bull of the Day and CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL – News) as the Bear of the …
Aug
24
2011
{“s” : “ctl”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Zacks Equity Research, On Friday July 15, 2011, 1:00 am EDT We are downgrading our recommendation on CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL – News) to Underperform. First quarter earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate aided by synergies from Embarq but fell year over year. Although CenturyLink continues to …
Jul
26
2011
A Dividend Growth Portfolio A dividend growth portfolio is within the broadest terms a suite of stocks that experience an ordinary pattern of accelerating their dividends. In the event you do a search on Seeking Alpha for “dividend growth portfolio” you’ll get over 1,000 hits including articles, instaBlogs and comments. Dividend growth Investing is an …
Jul
26
2011
A Dividend Growth Portfolio A dividend growth portfolio is within the broadest terms a set of stocks which have a customary pattern of accelerating their dividends. In the event you do a search on Seeking Alpha for “dividend growth portfolio” you’ll get over 1,000 hits inclusive of articles, instaBlogs and comments. Dividend growth Investing is …
Jul
26
2011
A Dividend Growth Portfolio A dividend growth portfolio is within the broadest terms a set of stocks that experience a standard pattern of accelerating their dividends. In case you do a search on Seeking Alpha for “dividend growth portfolio” you can get over 1,000 hits along with articles, instaBlogs and comments. Dividend growth Investing is …
Jul
11
2011
{“s” : “cmcsa,ctl,jdsu,nok,plcm,qcom,rci,rimm,rsh,t,tu,vz”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Zacks Equity Research, On Friday June 24, 2011, 4:25 pm EDT Telecommunications is definitely one of the only a few industries that witnessed massive technological improvement in the course of the recession. An unprecedented growth of high-speed mobile Internet traffic, particularly for wireless data and video, …
Jul
11
2011
The following table details daily changes in dividend forecasts and dividend health scores for companies within the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, consistent with data compiled by Bloomberg. For more info at the methodology, see the note on the bottom of the table. ================================================================================ July 11 July 8 July 7 July 6 -Daily Change- 2011 …
Jul
11
2011
In a Seeking Alpha article on Sunday (“Investing in Dividend Aristocrats, Part I”), Insider Monkey posted an inventory of dividend-paying stocks that had increased their dividends for a minimum of 25 years. i believed it might be interesting to watch the hedging costs of those stocks. The table below shows the prices, as of Friday’s …
