All Posts Tagged With: "CBS"
(HUM) Attention Shifts to Jobs – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview – Week of April 30th
The focus this week will be on the labor market, with the April non-farm payroll report coming out on Friday. Many will be hoping that this report will provide...
(CBS) CBS Corporation – Bull of the Day
CBS Corporation’s (CBS) fourth-quarter 2011 earnings of $0.57 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.53 and surged 23.9% from $0.46 earned in the year-ago quarter buoyed by growth in...
(AMAT) Housing and Inflation in the Spotlight – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 2/10/12
Earnings season will be still going on this next week. 422 firms are scheduled to report, and 50 of those are members of the S&P 500. By the end of the week we will be over...
(CBS) CBS Corporation Extends NFL Deal
CBS Corporation (CBS) recently announced that it has extended its broadcast rights deal with the National Football League (NFL) for nine more years. However, the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The...
(ACOR) Company News for October 6, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Monsanto Co. (NYSE:MON) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $0.22 cents a share, better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.27. Revenues rose 15.1% year-over-year to $2.25...
(AOL) Company News for August 10, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• AOL (NYSE:AOL) reported a loss Q2 EPS of $0.11, against the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a profit of $0.02 per share. Revenues for the quarter declined by 8% to $542.2 million• Snyder’s-Lance (NASDAQ:
(AAPL) Is Amazon’s New Tablet the iPad’s First True Challenge?
by Justin Dove, Investment U Research
(KFT) Kraft Minor stake Aquired by Trian Fund Management
According to the SEC filing, the billionaire investor Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund – Trian Fund Management has acquired 12.2 million shares of Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) for $381.9 million during the first...
(AGN) Company News for May 5, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons (NYSE:RRD) reported Q1 EPS of $0.33, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 7% year-over-year to $2.58 billion, lower than the Zacks Consensus...
(ADSK) Stock Market News for February 28, 2011 – Market News
On Friday, markets returned to their winning ways after three consecutive days of losses. Moderately positive domestic economic data and a small decline in crude prices brought cheer to investors after a week of falling indices. This was the worst performing week for the year,...
(TWX) Viacom First Quarter 2011 Earning Scorecard
Viacom Inc. (VIA.B) reported mixed financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. While earnings per share (EPS) beat the Zacks Consensus Estimates, revenues fell well short of it. This was primarily...
(DVR) TiVo Announces Launch of Free Advertising Effectiveness Evaluation Website
A provider of interactive advertising solutions and developer of digital video recorder (DVR), TiVo Inc. (TIVO) recently launched a free interactive website that measures and compares the effectiveness of...
(BIG) Company News for December 3, 2010 – Corporate Summary
• Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT) said it plans to acquire Canada’s Western Coal for $3.3 billion
• Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is reported to have signed a deal to pay $1.9 billion for a Manhattan city block
• Citigroup (NYSE:C) downgraded eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY)...
(A) Company News for October 7, 2010 – Corporate Summary
• PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) reported third-quarter earnings of $1.22, in-line with expectations, on a 40% revenue jump to $15.5 billion, above projections of $15.4 billion. The firm also lowered 2010 guidance to 10-11% growth
• Marriott (NYSE:MAR) noted third quarter...
(CMCSA) Comcast Closing in on NBC Universal Deal?
Is Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) on the verge of getting regulatory approval to acquire a controlling stake in NBC Universal (NBCU)? A recent change at the helm of NBCU indicates this. Yesterday, Comcast and General...
(AAPL) Apple Introduces New iPod Line
Apple Inc. (AAPL) refreshed its iPod line, introducing new features to the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle at its event held in San Francisco yesterday.
Apple also introduced iTunes 10 with...
(MSFT) Microsoft and Yahoo Working on Video Advertising
Tying advertisements to Internet users’ online behavior has so far remained restricted to text searches, but the trend is changing. There is a growing belief that consumers prefer to view ads of their choice when they go online, which is driving some big technology names...
(CBS) CBS Beats The Street Consensus
CBS Corp. (CBS), a diversified media conglomerate, recently posted second-quarter 2010 results that topped the Zacks’ expectation and portrayed a substantial improvement from the year-ago quarter on the...
(VZ) Verizon Communications Offers Free FiOS Service
Verizon Communications (VZ) will offer free one month FiOS Internet and television subscription to its customers. The company will not charge any fees if customers terminate their services after a month....
(VZ) Verizon Communications Reduces CO2 Emissions
Verizon Communications (VZ), a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wire line communications services, will buy natural gas vans from Ford Motor Company (
14Jun2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(VZ) Verizon Adds Adds Time Warner to FiOS TV
Verizon (VZ) has announced a major enhancement to its FiOS TV service by adding the network services of media giant Time Warner Inc. (TWX)....
(CBS) CBS Corporation Reports Earnings In Line with Consensus
CBS Corporation (CBS), a diversified media conglomerate, recently posted first-quarter 2010 results that were in line with the Zacks expectation and portrayed substantial improvement from the year-ago quarter...
(CBS) CBS Corporation Analyst Downgrades Stock
We recently downgraded our recommendation on CBS Corporation (CBS) to Neutral from Outperform with a target price of $15.00.
Due to its exposure to publishing, radio and television broadcasting, and...
(CSCO) Federal Communications Commission Announces US Broadband Plan
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has outlined its goals for the “National Broadband Plan” (NBP), which the agency will deliver to the Congress on March 16, 2010. The regulator has drafted ambitious proposals that will revolutionize the US broadband industry...
(CBS) CBS Earnings Report In-line with Consensus Estimates
CBS Corporation (CBS), a diversified media conglomerate, recently reported fourth-quarter 2009 results. The quarterly earnings, which remain in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate, posted a double-digit...
(CBS) CBS Corporation Upgraded by Analyst
CBS Corporation’s (CBS) strategic initiatives have helped it to weather the economic downturn. The company has been aggressively selling slow-growth radio stations in mid-sized markets to focus on the large...
(NFLX) Netflix Inc. Rallies on Takeover Rumors
The DVD and streaming video company – Netflix Inc (NFLX) rose 1.41% and closed at $56.89 amid rumors that it might be taken over by Amazon.com Inc (
28Dec2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(OMC) Omnicom Group Partners with CBS
During the second week of November, OMD, a unit of Omnicom Media Group, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC), announced a new research partnership with CBS Vision, the research division...
(CBS) CBS Corporation Tops Consensus Estimates
CBS Corporation (CBS) recently reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2009 results. The quarterly earnings of 25 cents a share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of...
(CBS) CBS Corporation Re-affirms Operating Guidance
CBS Corporation (CBS), the media conglomerate, recently asserted that it still expects its full year 2009 operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) in the range of $1.725 billion to $1.925 billion.
The uptrend seen in the second-quarter...