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Are High Yield Telephone Stocks Calling?	If you are looking for an industry that has been depressed, in a 'relatively stable' industry, provides steady dividends, and pays a high yield, you might want to take a look at the telecommunications industry. Many of these companies provides services to small towns and rural areas. All of the following companies have market caps greater than $400 million, PE ratios less than 40, and PEG ratios less than 9 [for some reason, PEGs are much higher on telecom stocks than other industries], and pay ...	June 07, 2008
Wednesday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UpgradesNGAS Resources (NGAS)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform WellPoint (WLP)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Polaris Inds (PII)- FTN Midwest Sell » Neutral AGCO Corp (AG)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Consolidated Comms Illinois (CNSL)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform Citizens (CZN)- Credit Suisse Neutral » Outperform BCE Inc (BCE)- UBS Sell » Neutral Knight Transportation (KNX)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform ...	May 28, 2008
Earnings highlights: Blackstone, Caterpillar, Kroger, WellPoint, Boston Beer, and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Google (GOOG), Wal-Mart (WMT), Caterpillar (CAT), Target Corp. (TGT), Kroger Co (KR), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Blackstone Group L.P (BX)Here are a few highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: America's Car-Mart Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMT) beat estimates by closing underperforming branches. Aristotle Corp. (NASDAQ: ARTL) fourth-quarter revenue edged up while earnings slipped. Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) fourth-quarter profit plun...	March 15, 2008
Consolidated Communications Holdings (CNSL): Stock price consolidating in bullish 'flag'	Filed under: Earnings reports, AT and T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyConsolidated Communications Holdings (NASDAQ: CNSL) is a rural local exchange company, providing voice, data and video services to residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. The company offers a wide range of services, including local and long distance calling, custom calling features, high-speed Internet access, digital TV, carrier access services and directory...	March 14, 2008
Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADESDonnelley & Sons (RRD)= CL King Neutral » Strong Buy Quidel (QDEL)= Pacific Growth Equities Neutral » Buy Sunpower (SPWR)= Pacific Growth Equities Neutral » Buy First Solar (FSLR)= Pacific Growth Equities Neutral » Buy Blue Nile (NILE)= AmTech Research Sell » NeutralPNM Resources (PNM )= Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight VistaCare (VSTA)= Deutsche Securities Sell » Hold Temple-Inland (TIN)= Citigroup Hold » Buy Sunpower (SPWR)= Wedbush ...	January 17, 2008
Bulldog Investors Activist Target North Pittsburgh Systems (NPSI) Acquired	Phillip Goldstein/Bulldog Investors activist target North Pittsburgh Systems (Nasdaq: NPSI) announced today an agreement to be acquired by Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) for $25 per share in a taxable cash and stock transaction with a total consideration of $375.1 million.Goldstein has been pushing the company to sell for some, most recently in a DFAN14A filing on June 15th, suggesting the stock is worth $28.50-$31 per share to a strategic buyer.It is not clear if the firm will suppo...	July 02, 2007
Bulldog Investors Activist Target North Pittsburgh Systems (NPSI) Acquired	Phillip Goldstein/Bulldog Investors activist target North Pittsburgh Systems (Nasdaq: NPSI) announced today an agreement to be acquired by Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) for $25 per share in a taxable cash and stock transaction with a total consideration of $375.1 million.Goldstein has been pushing the company to sell for some, most recently in a DFAN14A filing on June 15th, suggesting the stock is worth $28.50-$31 per share to a strategic buyer.It is not clear if the firm will suppo...	July 02, 2007
Dividend Lover's Delight	From Ticker SenseBelow we highlight those stocks in the Russell 3,000 that yield over 1% and go ex-dividend in the coming months. Consolidated Communications (CNSL) has the highest yield at 7.54% and goes ex next week on April 11th. http://www.tickersense.typepad.com/ ...	April 05, 2007

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