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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Novatel Falls as Avondale Sees Rising Audit Costs	Novatel Wireless (NVTL), the $285 million (market cap) maker of wireless modems for PC laptops, was downgraded today by analyst John Bright at Avondale Securities from “Market Perform” to “Market Underperform,” and cut his price target to $8 from $10, based on rising legal and audit costs for the company as it continues to review its revenue accounting, a process that has prevented the company from filing its quarterly statement for the March-ending quarter. The company ...	August 18, 2008
Verizon (VZ) Bests Its Unions	Verizon (VZ) managed to dodge a strike by about 65,000 of its workers. It would have crippled the company's landline and broadband businesses and might have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	August 11, 2008
Before the bell: WMI, VZ, BRK.A, UPS, GMT, AAPL, Q	Filed under: Before the bell, Earnings reports, Deals, Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Employees, Market matters, Verizon Communications (VZ), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Economic data, Qwest Communications Intl (Q), OilU.S. stock futures were a little higher this morning following Friday's rally. Oil futures have been rising again due to the Russian-Georgian conflict and the dollar retracted from the five-month high set Friday. Global markets were mostly higher ...	August 11, 2008
Why Twitter Hasn’t Failed: The Power Of Audience	Twitter isn’t for everyone, and you may have dismissed the service a long time ago. But regardless of your own use, it’s hard to dismiss the phenomenon itself and the passion of so many that has built up around it. No matter how long the outage du jour, Twitter users continue to stay attached to the service despite an ever-changing backdrop of alternatives. Blogging isn’t for everyone either. But unlike blogging, Twitter enjoys a far a greater variety of users — they include...	August 10, 2008
Small-Cap Teleco Cogent Slashes Forecast, Stock Plunges	Half-a-billion dollar (market cap) telecommunications provider Cogent Communications (CCOI) this morning reported second quarter sales and a net loss that missed estimates slightly, and also cut its outlook for the current quarter and the year, which has sent its stock tumbling by $3.80, or 34%, to $7.42. For the three months ended June 30, Cogent reported sales growth of 19%, to $53.9 million, just below the $54.54 million the Street was looking for. Net loss of 12 cents a share improved from t...	August 08, 2008
Media Digest 8/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg	According to Reuters, the Fed will sit tight on rates as oil prices moderate. Reuters writes that Verizon (VZ) labor talks have continued past their dealine.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	August 04, 2008
Verizon and unions: A shut down?	Filed under: Employees, Verizon Communications (VZ)Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) talks with labor have gone past their deadline. It is clearly good news that there has been no strike. The bad news is that one could still happen. At least 65,000 telecommunications employees are covered under the agreement being negotiated. According to Reuters, "Verizon, which has not commented on issues under negotiation, has about 103,000 workers in its telecom unit, which covers residential and small business telephon...	August 03, 2008
Earnings highlights: General Motors, Motorola, Disney, Sony, Visa, CBS and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, General Motors (GM), Motorola (MOT), Walt Disney (DIS), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), Merrill Lynch (MER), Kellogg Co (K), Verizon Communications (VZ), Office Depot (ODP), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), Electronic Arts (ERTS)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) beat estimates but shares fell to a new 52-week low. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) posted better-than-e...	August 02, 2008
Verizon Cuts Prices On Blackberry, Other Smartphones	Verizon Wireless (VZ) has aggressively cut retail prices on several models of the Research In Motion (RIMM) Blackberry as well as smartphones from LG and Samsung, according to research by Morgan Keegan’s Tavis McCourt. McCourt does a weekly check on smartphone pricing, and this week found big price cuts at Verizon: Pearl 8130: Now $79, down 20.2% from $99. Curve 8330: Now $99, down 33.6%, from $149. Blackberry 8830: Now $149, down 25.1%, from $199. LG enV: Now $79, down 20.2%, from $99. L...	August 01, 2008
Cramer on BloggingStocks: Cheap housing markets will sow the seeds of a rebound	Filed under: Earnings reports, Deals, Private equity, Market matters, Merrill Lynch (MER), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Procter and Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Unilever ADR (UL), Housing, Cramer on BloggingStocks, RecessionTheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says 30%-40% discounts have a way of bringing out the buyers. Home prices in Stockton, CA are down 40%. In Daytona, FL, houses are priced at 30% discounts with amenities. The Inland Empire of...	July 31, 2008

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