http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/vz Blog Articles Tagged with 'vz' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147854?rsstype=tag&tag=vz North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan plans to once again reintroduce a bill in January that would stop Internet providers from blocking certain kinds of web content. Senator Dorgan and Senator Olympia Snowe already introduced a similar bill together in ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:04:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147854?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147646?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Nokia (NOK) this morning said out loud what everyone in the mobile phone business kind of knew already: demand in 2009 is going to be down from 2008. This is an industry that had become accustomed to seeing unit growth in the 10% plus range; to see t... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:34:02 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147646?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146618?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Now that Microsoft (MSFT) has apparently moved on from Yahoo (YHOO), the software giant is looking for new avenues to attack Google (GOOG), its arch-enemy. The latest battlefront is mobile search, and the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microso... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:06:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146618?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1146561?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Telephone companies pushing television services will gain customers by offering lower prices than cable or satellite providers, according to a survey being presented today by Heavy Reading. The survey, which consisted of about 200 consumer interview... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:24:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1146561?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147101?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Telephone companies pushing television services will gain customers by offering lower prices than cable or satellite providers, according to a survey being presented today by Heavy Reading. The survey, which consisted of about 200 consumer interview... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:24:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1147101?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146392?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Stocks discussed in the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday November 11.Bullish Calls:United Parcel Service (UPS): I think you need to buy UPS. With gas prices coming down, that's good news, ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:58:03 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146392?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146308?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Below we highlight the 25 largest companies in the US. As shown, Exxon Mobil (XOM) still holds the top spot, but there have been lots of other changes since the bear market started last October. General Electric (GE) has probably had the most dra... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:12:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1146308?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145245?rsstype=tag&tag=vz The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes an updated version of the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 40 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive in... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:18:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145245?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1145301?rsstype=tag&tag=vz The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes an updated version of the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 40 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive in... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:18:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1145301?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145006?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Stocks discussed in the in-depth session of Jim Cramer s Mad Money TV program, Friday November 7. Game Plan: Analog Devices (ADI), Intel (INTC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Kraft (KFT), Duke Energy (DUK), Emerson Electric (EMR), Ingersoll Rand (IR) ... Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:48:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145006?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144955?rsstype=tag&tag=vz AT&T Inc. (T) today agreed to a $944 million purchase of rural cell phone carrier Centennial Communications (CYCL). The purchase would add 1.1 million subscribers to the 74.9 million already on AT&T Wireless. By comparison, AT&T Wireless added 2 mill... Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:37:11 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144955?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144301?rsstype=tag&tag=vz In what he s calling a mid-quarter update, Sanford Bernstein telecom analyst Craig Moffett says the rich AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications s (VZ) Verizon Wireless unit are turning in impressive results while second-tier providers ... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:29:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1144301?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143971?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Recap of Jim Cramer s comments on Stop Trading! Wednesday November 5 ... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:31:41 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143971?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143528?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Following last week's approval the Department of Justice, Federal regulators have approved the $28.1 billion merger of Verizon Wireless (VZ) with wireless carrier Alltel (AT) that was announced in June. The combination of both companies creates the n... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:01:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143528?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143465?rsstype=tag&tag=vz While the signs are pointing to strong demand for Research In Motion Ltd. s (RIMM) pending touchscreen BlackBerry Storm, the smartphone appears to still be undergoing the network qualification process at Verizon (VZ), which could push its launch in... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:52:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143465?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143422?rsstype=tag&tag=vz A world in which networks stream feature-length Hulu movies to laptops and virtual worlds to PCs requires a whole lot of power to run the servers, routers, desktop computers and other gear that make it all possible. The electricity used by servers al... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:26 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143422?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143284?rsstype=tag&tag=vz UPDATED: Today the Federal Communications Commission opened up the wireless communications market with its approval of a plan to allow independent devices to operate in the spectrum between digital TV channels. It also approved the merger of spectrum... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:43:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143284?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143220?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Below we highlight consensus analyst price targets for the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. As shown, Alcoa's (AA) price target is currently the highest above its actual price at 52%. AA is trailed by [[HPQ]] and [[INTC]] with... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:17:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143220?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143041?rsstype=tag&tag=vz Today the Federal Communication Commission will vote on two large wireless mergers and issue rules regarding a proposal to create an alternative wireless broadband network in the unused spectrum between digital television stations. Between the white ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:40:51 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1143041?rsstype=tag&tag=vz http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142461?rsstype=tag&tag=vz This year's market turbulence has many investors calling the buy and hold strategy dead. Let's prove them wrong. My musings (here and here) on holding dividend paying stocks forever have inspired me to make a new, all dividend paying stock model port... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:10:49 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142461?rsstype=tag&tag=vz