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Major indices reversed Monday's losses and posted strong gains following a better than expected retail sales report and a luke-warm start to earnings season. Related: Stocks Higher, But Dollar Indecisive After Retail Sales Release Philidalphia's Fed chief Charles Plosser said that he wants QE...

T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) is a takeover target. That much seems almost certain. Whether it will eventually be acquired by Sprint (NYSE: S), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) or someone else is open to debate. As the various players position themselves, one entity stands ready to make or break any...

First, there were rumors that Sprint (NYSE: S) was flirting with the notion of acquiring T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS). Despite a pretty good case for a possible merger made by The Wall Street Journal, there was and is a catch: Should such a merger be approved, the market would end up dominated by...

If you are someone who flies four or more times a year, chances are you do not want to listen to other people talking on their cellphones while you are on an airplane. According to a poll by The Associated Press released Wednesday, more than three out of four frequent fliers (78 percent)...

Investors had been anxiously and nervously waiting for today's job reports which could have sent major indices moving sharply in either direction. The November Nonfarm Payroll increased 203K, above consensus of 180K and above the previous reading of 200K. The Unemployment rate rang in at 7.0...

If all goes as expected, Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) will be picking up a chunk of H-Block wireless spectrum in January. Dish CEO Charlie Ergen will have little in the way of competition based on the list of 34 bidders released by the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday....

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposal, to lift the ban on airline passengers using their cell phones during flights, is drawing a wide range of reactions. “Modern technologies can deliver mobile services in the air safely and reliably, and the time is right to review our outdated...

Rumors abound that the release of LG’s next offering, the Nexus 5, is coming soon. To add to the fire, according to The Verge, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may have inadvertently released a sneak peak of the device in a promotional video for Android 4.4 (KitKat) Wednesday. Google removed the video...

Do you live in New York, Los Angeles or Dallas? Do you subscribe to Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and enjoy watching programming on CBS (NYSE: CBS)? Don’t look now - well actually, you can’t. And, maybe not for several weeks. Reuters reported Sunday that thanks to the fact that the two...

Jack Grubman, the former Citigroup (NYSE: C) analyst that was infamously banned from securities, made his first television appearance Friday since 2003, when he was fined $15 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission over a conflict of interest in his advisement. Now, he's the founder and...

Few consumers are aware that it is technically illegal to unlock an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, a Samsung Galaxy S III or any other cellular device. The problem started last year when the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress failed to provide a key exemption to cellular devices (which it...

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has been hit with a $1.25 million fine after preventing users from turning their phones into mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. The cellular carrier got into trouble after asking Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to remove select apps from Google Play, which was known as the Android Market at...