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Bell Canada Enterprises, A Solid Company

BCE Inc. is one of the major Canadian telephone companies: Bell Canada Enterprises. It competes with Telus (TU), Rogers Communications (RCI), and many smaller companies such as Wind Mobile, Public Mobile and Mobilicity. The trend in the telephone industry is away from the traditional wired services and towards wireless services. The wireless services may be… Continue Reading

IT Services Industry: Computer Task Group Inc.

Computer Task group, Inc. supplies IT solutions and staffing services mainly in Europe and North America. CTG’s services include selection and implementation of software packages. The company also makes and integrates new software systems and develops customized software solutions. The company provides solutions for health information management, medical care management, medical fraud, insurance assessments, and… Continue Reading

Insider Trading: Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

On November 11th, one of the directors of Iridium Communications, Inc (IRDM), Scott L. Bok, bought 50,000 shares of Iridium’s stock for $357,000. From the first to the twelfth of December, company insiders purchased more than 80,000 shares of Iradium. On Wall Street, there’s a saying about insider buying: There are several possible reasons to sell stocks,… Continue Reading

American Tower Is Standing Tall

American Tower Corporation (AMT) stock has been rising for the last three years. Three years ago it was $20.92 and today it is $58 .15. There have been a few ups and downs along the way but relative to market volatility, nothing drastic. In fact, the stock essentially continued to rise even though the market… Continue Reading

Verizon’s Dividend Makes All The Difference

Verizon stock has been trading in a level band between $34 to $38 since the beginning of 2011. The company has the largest wireless telecommunications system in America. It company generally accomplishes its publicized goals. Verizon also issues dividends worth $2.00 per year or a 5.2 percent yield. In the last quarter, 882,000 new wireless… Continue Reading

Pacific Sunwear Of California Is Planning a Comeback

Pacific Sunwear of California is implementing a restructuring plan which will eliminate between 175-225 of their approximately 825 stores. These stores comprise between 21 to 27% of their stores and are the less profitable ones. They will then focus on their remaining 550-600 stores which are the more profitable ones. In addition, Pacific Sunwear has… Continue Reading

Pepco Holdings

Pepco Holding, Inc. (POM) is an energy company which has 1.9 million customers in new Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Washington D.C.. PHI has 3 subsidiaries which provide electric power: Delmarva, Atlantic City Electric and Pepco. In addition, Delmarva Power supplies natural gas. Pepco is a Fortune 500 company. Pom’s stock has been going up since… Continue Reading

Alcatel-Lucent Communications

Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. (ALU) is a network solutions company that provides solutions to help service providers, business, and governments to provide data, voice and video communication services to end-users internationally. The company develops and markets software and related services to mange customer services over the mobile devices, the phone and the web. The company offers many… Continue Reading

Wireless Telecom Group Is Wired For Profit

Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. is has 3 business groups: Noise Com, Boonton Electronics, and Microlab, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries. These companies provide a number of services in the communication industry. The group designs microwave based and radio frequency products for advanced communications and wireless markets. Wireless Telecom serves both government and corporate… Continue Reading