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Can T-Mobile’s Threat to Disrupt Cable TV Hurt CMCSA, CHTR?

T-Mobile US TMUS CEO John Legere recently lambasted cable TV industry behemoths, Comcast CMCSA and Charter Communications CHTR for their shabby treatment of customers. He also hinted at plans to launch cable TV service in 2019. The wireless carrier has been anticipated to launch its own video service since the acquisition of Layer 3 TV in January 2018. […]

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Cigna Poised for Growth in 2019 on Express Scripts Buyout

Cigna Corp. CI looks well poised to growth with the recent acquisition of Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefits manager, which has transformed it into a diversified health services company. The company’s existing businesses — administrative services, international operations, and disability and life insurance — are already performing strongly, and the addition of this new business will make it a sort of one-stop shop of healthcare needs. […]

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3 Reasons Why Investors Could Relish McCormick (MKC) in 2019

McCormick & Company, Incorporated MKC is one of the few companies that managed to brave the Food – Miscellaneous industry’s hurdles this year. With its robust strategic endeavors in place, this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock has returned a solid 39.2% year to date, whereas the industry declined close to 20%. Clearly, there are some solid factors that have been backing this provider of spices, seasonings, specialty foods, and also keeping it well positioned for 2019 […]

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Encana Completes San Juan Asset Sale, Optimizes Portfolio

Encana Corporation ECA recently completed the divestment of its San Juan assets located in New Mexico to DJR Energy, LLC, which is a private Denver-based exploration and production company created in 2017. Per the deal, Encana vended 182,000 net acres, which accounted for 5,400 barrels of oil equivalent per day (72.2% liquids) of average production in 2017. The proceeds from the $480-million divestment are expected to increase the company’s financial strength […]

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Here’s Why You Should Buy Pure Storage (PSTG) Stock Now

Pure Storage PSTG is benefiting from adoption of its strong product portfolio including the likes of FlashArray and FlashBlade. Additionally, the company’s data platform for cloud is gaining traction. In fact, the company introduced cloud-based services last month in a bid to provide a hybrid storage architecture, which eliminates the rigidity of choosing either on-premise or cloud infrastructure. […]

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Ecopetrol (EC) Redeems International Bond Issued in 2009

Ecopetrol S.A. EC has redeemed in advance the entire 10-year international bond issued in 2009, in sync with the announcement made on Nov 27, 2018 Per the terms of the bond, the redemption price was $1,025.48 on principal amount of $1,000, corresponding to about $1.5 billion. Additionally, accrued interest as of the redemption date of $32.62 per $1,000 principal amount corresponds to $48,927,083.33 […]