WASHINGTON, May 17- 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.
WASHINGTON, May 17- 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.
UK small caps gain 0.2 percent, underperforming the midcaps and the blue chips, both up 0.3 percent. Transport and haulage company Wincanton climbs 3.8 percent after it wins a three-year distribution contract with CEMEX.
*Signs broad tv and display license with Panasonic Corporation. *Says Panasonic signed multi-year broad license agreement to co's digital tv. *Source text for Eikon* Further company coverage.
NEW YORK, May 3- If there is a stock market superhero these days, it is the humble dividend. doled out a record $281.5 billion in dividends in 2012, and payouts in 2013 are slated to rise even higher. Investors adore them: Dividend-paying companies best nonpayers by 8 percent a year in total returns, according to Ned Davis Research Group.
NEW YORK, May 3- If there is a stock market superhero these days, it is the humble dividend. The companies in the Standard& Poor's 500 Index doled out a record $281.5 billion in dividends in 2012, and payouts in 2013 are slated to rise even higher.
*WiLan Inc: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price to C $7 from. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
May 2- Wincor Nixdorf AG:. *Berenberg cuts to sell from hold. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
*BofA Merrill cuts to neutral from buy- theflyonthewall.com. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
WASHINGTON, April 15- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to intervene in a dispute between a Sprint Nextel Corp subsidiary and the utilities regulator in Iowa. Windstream had billed Sprint for access charges for the Internet calls, known as "voice over Internet protocol" or VoIP calls.