Canaccord Genuity Raises Price Target on AT&T (T) Following 2Q15

Signet Jewelers Set to Join the S&P 500; PAREXEL International, Catalent to Join the S&P MidCap 400; Others to Join S&P SmallCap 600

July 24, 2015 6:11 PM EDT

NEW YORK, July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:

S&P MidCap 400 constituent Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE: SIG) will replace DIRECTV (NASD: DTV) in the S&P 500, S&P SmallCap 600 constituent PAREXEL International Corp. (NASD: PRXL) will replace Signet Jewelers in the S&P MidCap 400, and Enanta Pharmaceuticals (NASD: ENTA)... More

AT&T Completes Acquisition of DIRECTV

July 24, 2015 3:09 PM EDT

DALLAS, July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has completed its acquisition of DIRECTV. The newly combined company the largest pay TV provider in the United States and the world will offer millions of people more choices for video entertainment on any screen from almost anywhere, any time.

"Combining DIRECTV with AT&T is all about giving customers more choices for great video entertainment integrated with mobile and high-speed Internet service," said Randall Stephenson,... More

TELUS Garden Office Tower Partnership Issues $225 Million in Green Bonds to Retire Construction Financing

July 24, 2015 8:00 AM EDT

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/24/15 -- (TSX: T)(NYSE: TU) - The partnership building TELUS Garden in Vancouver has issued $225 million in green bonds - the first time in North America green mortgage bonds have been used to support real estate financing. Proceeds raised by the 500 Georgia Office Partnership, the joint venture of TELUS and Westbank building TELUS Garden, will be primarily used to retire short-term construction financing for the office tower.

"When the TELUS Garden partnership was looking at options for retiring the short-term construction... More

AT&T Reports Double-Digit Adjusted EPS and Free Cash Flow Growth, and 2.1 Million Wireless Net Adds in Second-Quarter Results

July 23, 2015 4:01 PM EDT

Consolidated Highlights

$0.58 diluted earnings per share in the second quarter including significant merger and integration-related expenses; this compared to $0.68 diluted EPS in the year-ago quarter which included an $0.08 one-time gain from the sale of the companys América Móvil investment. Excluding significant items, EPS was $0.69 versus $0.62 a year ago, up more than 11 percent year over year Second-quarter consolidated revenues of $33.0 billion, up 1.4 percent versus the year-earlier period reflecting Mexican acquisitions and pressure from foreign exchange and global hubbing exit; up 2.2 percent when adjusting for the sale of the Connecticut... More

AT&T Ranks Highest In J.D. Power 2015 Business Wireline Satisfaction Study For Small And Medium Businesses

July 23, 2015 9:05 AM EDT

DALLAS, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Small and medium businesses voiced their satisfaction with AT&T's* wireline service in the latest J.D. Power study. The study ranked AT&T highest in customer satisfaction with small/medium business wireline service.**

More than 4,000 U.S. wireline business customers participated in the study between April and June 2015. The J.D. Power 2015 Business Wireline Satisfaction Study looks at six categories: performance and reliability, cost of service, sales representatives and account executives, billing, communications... More