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Sirius, long commercial-free in cars, is betting on advertising to capture new listeners
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images SiriusXM, the audio entertainment company that’s long been known as a commercial-free option for in-car radios, is betting on advertising to propel its business. On Tuesday the company launched its first ad-supported subscription plan for car listening called SiriusXM Play. It’s a cheaper option than […]
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Earnings playbook: The reporting season kicks off with big banks and Netflix on deck
It’s that time again. The second-quarter earnings season kicks off this week with 37 companies that are members of the S & P 500 index set to report. Among the most notable companies outlining how they performed in the quarter ended June 30: big banks, led by JPMorgan Chase , the largest in the land, […]
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Goldman’s top trades for this upcoming earnings season
The first full week of earnings kicks off Monday, and several stocks stand to move higher on the strength of their quarterly results, according to Goldman Sachs. To be exact, 35 S & P 500 companies and six in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are set to report next week, including two of the largest […]
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This coming earnings season could decide if a stock market at record highs has more room to run
The upcoming earnings season will show investors whether the bull case for equities still holds. The second quarter reporting season comes at a pivotal point for the stock market, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite trading at all-time highs this week even after an onslaught of bad news regarding higher tariffs, a […]
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How Netflix keeps luring big-name directors away from the traditional box office
Film directors Rian Johnson (L), Greta Gerwig (C), and Guillermo Del Toro (R) Getty Images Netflix isn’t interested in bringing movies to theaters. The company’s leaders have said they see theatrical movie releases as an “outdated” model. Yet for more than a decade, the streamer has lured in some of Hollywood’s biggest directors to make content […]
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NASA plans to stream rocket launches on Netflix starting this summer
Workers repaint the NASA logo on the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images NASA’s live programming, including rocket launches, spacewalks and views of Earth from space, will begin streaming on Netflix this summer. NASA said the move is part of […]
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Streaming surpasses combined broadcast and cable viewing for first time ever
Streaming has outpaced the combined share of broadcast and cable TV viewing for the first time ever, according to a new Nielsen report. Streaming represented 44.8% of total TV viewership in May, its largest share to date, while broadcast (20.1%) and cable (24.1%) combined represented 44.2% of TV viewing, according to Nielsen’s The Gauge monthly report. Compared with […]
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Citi recommends these rare stocks that will show profitability gains this year
Quality companies with strong returns are getting harder to find, according to Citi Research. Return on equity, considered to be a profitability metric calculated by dividing a company’s net income by shareholders’ equity, is “increasingly scarce” among big-name stocks now, Citi U.S. equity strategist Scott Chronert wrote in a recent note to clients. “Stocks where […]
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