Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Fiber has impacted the other broadband providers and this triggered a change where other providers such as Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) to increase their speeds rapidly. Julia Boorstin of CNBC was reporting on one of such instances and she said that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has decided to increase the upload speeds on FiOS networks. She said that the upload speeds would go up by as much as 14 times compared to the Cable upload speeds and this speed would be available to the highest end subscribers of the ISP. “Imagine a five minute HD video uploaded…
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s stock has been on an upside today. Thought the stock started trading at a lower price that yesterday, it made a quick recovery and it now trading over $45 mark. However few experts see a problem with that sort of growth while others see the company as a growing company. Jim Cramer of CNBC was on “Stop Trading” and he was discussing the sudden rise in the price and he spoke about the job cuts and also about the probability to reflect the upside into results. HE was discussing how few investors are seeing Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)…
Rupert Murdoch and his family is looking to sell some of the stake in BSkyB to generate more money to up the deal for Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX). Murdoch’s family owns 39% stake in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA) and they are looking to rearrange the assets to generate the money to up the deal. Caroline Hyde of Bloomberg was reporting on how the cash is being generated for the deal with Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX). She said that BSkyB might take 57% stake in Sky Deutschland and entire Sky Italia from Murdoch’s hands which would be around 10 million…
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has surely moved fast on Friday and “Fast Money” Traders had the stock in their list of favorite stocks that day. The other stocks that were on the list were The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) and E-House (China) Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:EJ). Now coming to Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), the market was bullish on it for a reason in the second half of Friday. Steve Grasso was on CNBC “Fast Money” and he was bullish on the stock. He said that MAUs (Monthly Active Users) should not be taken as a consideration for twitter’s growth. He said that…
The last week has not been very good for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on the markets. There has been a lot of bearish talk about the stock on the market. Though the stock went to a 15 year high, there were a lot of bearish options traded on the stock. The stock underperformed on Friday and the options doubled the daily average volume. FMHR trader Dan Nathan was discussing about these options trading on CNBC and he said that a trader bought over 12,000 August 48 calls while the stock is currently trading around $44.5 which continued the whole of Friday…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Q2 results were mostly above expectations except the ad revenue. Investors were expecting it to take a hit, however the performance in other areas saved the day for the company. Jay Srivatsa, Managing Director at Chardan Capital Markets, was on CNBC recently and he discussed about the Q2 results of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). He was bullish on the stock and said that the execution of plans was mostly good which helped the company to raise the revenue across all areas of business. “Across the board revenue is up and if you peel the layer of the onion,…
Since the new CEO, Sataya Nadella, has taken charge, we have seen a lot of dynamic changes in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) from implementing a more productive approach to a lot of job cuts in the company. Clement Teo, senior analyst at Forrester, was on CNBC recently and he discussed about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Nadella in particular. He thinks that the job cuts are part of the new strategy. “He is a man on mission. I think he is got to remake Microsoft in the shortest possible time. I expect that the layoffs were really part of the plan when…
A lot of people think that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) might have taken the correct decision by partnering with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the enterprise segment. Robert Nardelli, Founder of XLR-8 was on Bloomberg recently and he discussed how the strategic deal with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) would help International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM). He thinks that IBM is eyeing an opportunity to recover the declining revenue which has been the case for several consecutive quarters. He said that this deal gives IBM an opportunity to partner with a hi-tech company like Apple and it all makes sense. He appreciated…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has declared its Q2 results recently and it has missed the market estimates. Though the earnings at $0.37 look better than $0.35 in the same quarter last year, the revenue from Ads disappointed the investors. Alibaba’s IPO was the held the interest of investors in the stock, however it has decided to delay the IPO and this didn’t help Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s stock at all. David Faber of CNBC reported and he said that the management of Alibaba decided overnight to delay the IPO probably to Mid-September. The company was looking aggressive and was supposed to be…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will announce the earnings today and the pas one year has not been exciting one for the company. Josh Lipton of CNBC was joined by Dan Costa, Editor-in-Chief at PCMag.com, and they discussed what to expect from the earnings and the discussion was surrounding mobile ad revenues and video ads. Dan said that the mobile ad revenue is hugely important for the earnings and overall revenue of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and the investors would be watching for it closely. “Google makes great headlines, it is a growing company. They have great products, great technologies. They just had…
Larry Robbins, founder of Glenview Capital Management, loves National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) and Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX) and the reasons are obvious these stocks have been doing very well. Jim Cramer discussed these stocks in the “Mad Money” show of CNBC recently and he began with National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) and why Robbins likes this stock. One of the reasons is that the oil drilling for this company has increased all over the world. This company has spun off the service business and this makes the stock more specific and easier to understand which is similar to Time Warner. National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV)’s…
Jim Cramer of CNBC discussed about Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) and Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C). He explained what analysts thought of the stocks. He discussed about Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) and how this Brazilian company can be a profitable investment. Novogratz thinks that there might be a new government formed in Brazil this fall due to the bad situation and this would benefit the business as the new government would be a pro-business one. “I pressed him for a specific company. I suggested may be Vale, The dirt cheap mineral company that…