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This HBO Announcement is a Much Bigger Deal than Investors Think
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 8:57am | 543Read More...Don’t feel bad if you missed it. Everybody else did too, but they shouldn’t feel bad because this is a big deal—maybe not yet, but if HBO follows through with its plans, it will rock the broadcast TV revenue model. Here’s what you missed. Reuters reported that HBO, owned by Time Warner (NYSE:...
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Look Out Old School Channels, The Internet Networks are Here!
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 2:46pm | 588Read More...Original programming isn’t just for network television or cable anymore! Internet streamer, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) now has a hit original series, House of Cards. According to estimates, the company spent as much as $50 million on the first 13 episodes. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is taking a slightly...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 4
Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 5:13pm | 1026Read More...The S&P ended last week above 1,500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000. Some strong earnings reports could push the markets higher, and there are plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule this week. Analysts by and large expect to see year-over-year earnings per share (EPS)...
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Quarterly Net Loss to Take Bite out of Full-Year Profit
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 12:02pm | 695Read More...Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), which recently set content deals with Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Wednesday, January 23 after market close. Investors will be looking to see whether previously sluggish subscriber...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 5
Saturday, November 3, 2012 - 10:05am | 878Read More...The focus this week naturally will be on the presidential election and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. But on the earnings front, it is time for retailers to begin stepping into the spotlight. Here is a peak at what analysts expect to see from retailers for the period leading up to the holiday...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 30
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 10:46am | 980Read More...Most of the companies that compose the S&P 500 have reported second-quarter results already. According to Bloomberg, some 72 percent of S&P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results so far have exceeded analysts' estimates. But the earnings season is not over quite yet. Among the...
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A Look at Canadian Stocks Lions Gate and Agrium
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:09am | 549Read More...It has been in the headlines for the past couple of days. Canadians on average are wealthier than their neighbors in the United States. Are they really? If so, why, and what does it mean? The basis for the story is a recent study from Environics Analytics WealthScapes that examined mean household...
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Barron's Recap (6/9/12): The 2012 Midyear Roundtable Report Card
Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 8:11am | 916Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a midyear updated on the markets, the likely effects of the Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare, and the prospects for alternative ETFs and Time Warner. Cover Story "Caution: Sharp Turns Ahead" by Lauren R. Rublin. It is time for Barron's midyear update, which is...
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Disney, Raytheon and Other Avenger Picks for a Heroic Portfolio
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 6:40am | 985Read More...Having surpassed the $1 billion mark worldwide last week, "Marvel's The Avengers" is set to climb further up the list of all-time worldwide top-grossing films, as well as to battle this weekend's new releases -- game-based action flic "Battleship" and Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator." Inspired...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 30 (CMCSA, GM, KFT, V)
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 9:02am | 1279Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have posted stellar results, but earnings season rolls on. Here is a quick day-by-day rundown of what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most prominent earnings reports. Monday Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and Watson...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 6
Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 6:39pm | 1330Read More...There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...
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Apple to Partner with Cable Companies, Offer TV at Subsidized Rate?
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 7:59am | 1473Read More...If you like two-year cell phone contracts, get ready for a two-year commitment to Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA). According to IHS iSuppli Home & Consumer Electronics research, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has the (obvious) opportunity to develop a “lucrative new business model” despite the “weak market...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Read More...Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:02am | 1197Read More...Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...
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Is Harry Potter Better Than Tolkien, Narnia, and Star Wars?
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 9:45am | 896Read More...It's the finale that will leave fans cheering and tearing at the same time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which hit theaters last night at midnight, has already broken records and is about to become the biggest film of the year. My colleague is under the impression that Potter...
