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Charge more for content, that's for sure. If the Wall Street Journal's sources are correct, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and DirecTV (NASDQ: DTV) are about to engage in a bidding war to win control of Hulu. Hulu, which more than doubled its revenue last year...

Deutsche Bank has published a report on Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reaffirming the outlook after second quarter results. In the report, Deutsche Bank wrote, "After reporting strong 2Q growth at both Cable and NBCU, our confidence in our forecast is meaningfully increased. While investors are looking...

iPath U.S. Treasury 10-year Bull ETN (NYSE: DTYL) is up nearly 30% year to date. The investment seeks to replicate the performance of the Barclays Capital 10-Year U.S. Treasury Futures Targeted Exposure index, which is designed to increase in response to a decrease in 10-year Treasury note yields...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

In the wake of news of Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) price increase, satellite TV providers DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) reached new 52-week highs of $53.40 and $32.56 per share, respectively, in Wednesday's trading session. DirecTV has an active share buyback program, and...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We reiterate our Buy and our $31 PO, potential upside of 22%, due to: (1) attractive valuation of only 6.0x 2011E EV/EBITDA, (2)...

There has been a ton of hype for what has been deemed an “awesome” new feature coming to Facebook this week. Whatever that feature is, the world won't have to wait much longer: the social networking giant is scheduled to make an announcement at 1:00 p.m. EDT today. The latest rumor suggests that...

R.E.M. once sang about this moment. “It's the end of the world as we know it,” Michael Stipe sang loudly. He repeated those words a few hundred times, just be certain that we got the message. Today, we're getting that message loud and clear. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to take Hulu off the hands...

DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) reached new 52-week highs of $51.23 and $30.84 per share, respectively, in Thursday's trading session. DirecTV has an active share buyback program, and Kaufman Bros and Deutsche Bank expect the share price to rise about 20% this year, due in...

Morgan Stanley reiterated its Equal-Weight rating on Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). At the same time, Morgan Stanley raised its price target on the company's stock from $27 to $28. On Monday, Comcast closed the day at $24.27.

Wunderlich is out with its report today on Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "Even sans Dick Ebersol, NBC Universal emerged as the winner for a lockdown four-Olympiad bid of $4.38bn for the 2014 through 2020 games. This was about $800mm more than...

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) plans to purchase Blackstone Group's (NYSE: BX) stake in Universal Orlando, sources familiar with the situation said Tuesday. Comcast is expected to pay between $1 billion and $1.5 billion for Blackstone's half of the theme park. In March, Blackstone offered to sell...

Oppenheimer has published a report on Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) launch of Internet Essentials this fall. In the report, Oppenheimer writes "Comcast announced its $10/month Internet Essentials broadband program will go live this fall. The program will be available to households making less than $...

Oppenheimer has published a report on Bloomberg's recent announcement to file an FCC Complaint against Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA). In the report, Oppenheimer writes "Per Ad Age, Bloomberg intends to file a complaint with the FCC accusing Comcast of failing to comply with condition for its takeover of...

Wunderlich Securities provided color on Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). In a research report published today, Wunderlich stressed it remains optimistic about Comcast's long term outlook, even though some of its competitors seem to be going through a rough patch. At the moment, Wunderlich has a...