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TWC Adds Video Subscribers, First Time Since 2006

Time Warner Cable (TWC) added 54,000 residential video customers in Q4 to turn positive for the year — the first time it has managed that feat since 2006, the company pre-announced on Monday ahead of full-year earnings. Time Warner Cable said it added 32,000 video subscribers for the full-year in 2015, marking a reversal amid industry concerns over “cord cutting,” a term for service disconnects, as millennials shift to Internet video and streaming

Smith & Wesson, Sturm Ruger Rise Amid Market Turmoil

In a day plagued with devastating losses across the board, two gunmakers bucked the rest of the market to turn in healthy gains. The security and safety industry group, to which gunmakers belong, cracked into the top half of industry groups in the last month. The 32-member group doesn’t necessarily scream with strength; only six members have an IBD Composite Rating over 80. On Monday, the vast majority of the stocks in the group were down. Smith

Apple or Microsoft: Which Was the Better Tech Performer?

Another year has gone by. And again, it’s time for investors to reassess their portfolios to maximize profits, cut losses, sell the non performers and include the stocks that will make 2016 profitable for them. Talking about profitable stocks,