Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO announced yesterday (Wednesday) that HBO will offer its own online-streaming service starting in 2015.
The news boosted TWX stock significantly, but that's far from the most important consequence of this development.
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO announced yesterday (Wednesday) that HBO will offer its own online-streaming service starting in 2015.
The news boosted TWX stock significantly, but that's far from the most important consequence of this development.
This move signifies a major shift in the television industry...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) CEO announced yesterday (Wednesday) that HBO will offer its own online-streaming service starting in 2015.
The news boosted TWX stock significantly, but that's far from the most important consequence of this development.
This move signifies a major shift in the television industry...
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -
Six downtrodden stocks made our "stock market crasher" list today (Wednesday).
They are Walgreen (NYSE: WAG), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS), Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), Rocket Fuel (Nasdaq: FUEL), and Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: CTSH).
And what's behind their respective sell-offs can be divided into just two groups:
Deals gone sour and earnings gone wrong...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) stock is down more than 12% in morning trading today following last night's news that Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (Nasdaq: FOXA) has removed its $80 billion offer to purchase the company. TWX stock opened at $74.90 after closing yesterday at $85.19.
The statement came as a surprise to TWX investors who had pushed TWX stock to a 52-week high of $88.13 in mid-July shortly after the offer had been announced.
Here’s why the deal fell through the morning…
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning -
Hot stocks to watch today: Among companies in the S&P 500 Index that have reported earnings results, about two-thirds have beat analysts' sales targets, the highest percentage since mid-2011, according to Barclays.
Investors hope the streak continues as earnings continue to roll in. Reports today (Wednesday) include results from media giants TWX and FOXA, snack food leader MDLZ, and more.
Get all 10 hot stocks to watch here.
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -
The proposed $45.2 billion Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal will create a colossus within the cable industry bound to fill both consumer groups and regulators with dread, but it's not quite as scary as it looks. And the fact is, it just makes sense.
Here's why the cable industry needed this deal to happen...