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Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.Such divestments are common for nominees to avoid conflicts of interest. Wheeler's plan was disclosed in an agreement posted online by the Office of Government Ethics.Wheeler is now a venture capital investor at Core Capital Partners and chairs the FCC's Technology Advisory Council. In the past, he ran the National Cable Television Association and then the wireless industry group CTIA.Within 90 days of being confirmed by the Senate as FCC chairman, Wheeler plans to leave his investment company and divest holdings in 78 companies. The investments include Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, China Mobile Ltd, tactical radio maker Harris Corp, Windstream Corp, and media companies Liberty Media Corp, News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Time Warner Cable Inc.Wheeler will also drop i...
Today, these stocks are up on high volume:Joy Global (NYSE:JOY) saw its price climb on above-normal volume, as 12 million shares, which is 5.3 times the stock's aver...
The Technology sector (XLK) held steady during a trading day that saw the S&P 500 grow 0.1%.The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overall market ...
There are a few stocks down on high volume today:Today, Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) is down on high volume, trading at a volume of 6.7 million, or 4.2 times its a...
FBN’s Stuart Varney breaks down the stories moving the markets early in the trading day.
Today, a few stocks are down on high volume:After trading at a volume of 3.2 million, or two its average daily volume, (NYSE:VTR) saw its price drop. Shares dropped ...
The Technology sector (XLK) showed little change during trading today while the S&P 500 rose 0.9%.Celestica (NYSE:CLS) rose 208.6% to close at $22, cross its 50-day ...
Earthlink CEO Rolla Huff on the company’s transition from consumer services to business services as its core business and its many recent acquisitions.
These nine stocks fell to 52-week lows:While trading on above-average volume, Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) slipped today, hitting and then dropping past its prev...
While the S&P 500 grew 0.2%, the Technology sector (XLK) showed little movement during trading today.The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overal...
Nine stocks hit to 52-week lows:The share price of Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) fell today, reaching and then dropping even further past its previous 52-week low of $10.7...
These are stocks that are down on high volume today:Today, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is down on high volume, trading at a volume of 118.8 million, or 2.9 times its...
Windstream (NYSE:WIN) more than doubled its first-quarter profit and topped Wall Street expectations on Thursday, as sales continued to improve in its business and c...
Looking for stocks with strong signals?Maybe you should make the call on telecommunications stocks. The American addiction to small devices, such as tablet computers...
A hallmark of many of the most popular dividend ETFs focused on U.S. equities is that these funds are usually tilted heavily toward large-cap stocks.Venerable divide...
Dividend exchange traded funds have undoubtedly become an important part of the overall ETF landscape.Rapid proliferation of this ETF sub-segment has ensured that in...
CenturyLink Inc.'s (CTL) stock fell as much as 21% Thursday to its lowest point in 16 months, after the nation's third-largest landline provider slashed its dividend...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereThe markets were little changed Thursday as traders mulled a slew of corporate headlines and a batch of strong economic data. Howe...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereThe markets sputtered again Thursday as traders digested a slew of corporate news. However, several large telecommunications names...
As the blizzard dubbed 'Nemo' by The Weather Channel dumped record amounts of snow on the Northeast, the operator at the television network was dealing with a blizza...
