Articles By Samuel Weigley
From Companies Feb 23
Shares of Sears rose 21.64 percent to $63.53 in mid-afternoon trading.
From Companies Feb 23
The No. 4 wireless wireless carrier plans to build a new $4 billion Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network .The cost of the project is the same as the breakup fee that AT&T was required to pay T-Mobile parent, Deutsche Telekom, following a failed $39 billion merger deal.
From Politics & Policy Feb 23
Google Inc. announced Thursday that it will join other Internet companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL to allow a "do not track" button to be available for customers on a Web browser, limiting what personal information can be collected and used.
From Companies Feb 22
The Great Bend, Kan.-based company listed as much as $50 million in assets and debt in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.
From Companies Feb 22
Shares of Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix were down more than 4 percent Wednesday following a day earlier announcement that Comcast was jumping into the online streaming foray.
From Economy Feb 22
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday it is asking banks about overdraft fees for checking accounts and the effect they have on consumers.
From Companies Feb 21
The Tulsa, Okla.-based company is expected to report fourth-quarter net profits of $268.61 million, or 41 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The company earned $259 million, or 44 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.
From Tech Feb 21
Netflix and the Weinstein Co. announced Tuesday it had entered into a multi-year licensing agreement "that will make foreign language, documentary and certain other movies from The Weinstein Company" available exclusively to U.S. Netflix subscribers.
From Companies Feb 21
Only 54 percent of Americans have more emergency savings than credit card debt, according to a February study by Bankrate.com.
From Companies Feb 20
The Reston, Va.-based closely held company failed to pay London-based telecommunications firm Inmarsat $56.3 million under a "spectrum-cooperation accord," Bloomberg reported Monday. Inmarsat was providing wireless spectrum for the wireless network LightSquared wants to build out in the U.S.