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Verizon Pension Upside From Rates May Help FiOS Sale

Rising interest rates normally pose issues for telecom stocks, but Verizon Communications (VZ) might see upside if rising rates reduces its pension liabilities, helping enable a sale of its residential wireline FiOS business. Analysts have been speculating over a Verizon sale of its residential wireline business. The company has focused on wireless services since buying out Vodafone’s (VOD) 45% stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture for

E3 Stocks To Keep An Eye On: What’s The Hot Ticket?

The world’s biggest video game expo kicks off in Los Angeles next week, but the multi-day extravaganza isn’t just for gaming enthusiasts. Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), Sony (SNE), Activision (ATVI), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) and Electronic Arts (EA) are just a few publicly traded companies that have big things planned to show the press and industry pros. As the chatter hits peak hype, what has promise? What will be a flop? Here are a just a

Oracle Cloud Transition Could Improve In Q4

Oracle’s (ORCL) transition pains to the cloud might not be as bad as expected when the enterprise software maker reports its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market close Wednesday. The database leader could produce better results for the just-completed quarter as the company transitions its software business to the cloud, where it can better compete with fast-growing rivals Salesforce.com (CRM) and Workday (WDAY), which last month gave