Greece helps grease the wheels for good trading day

The new leftist government in Greece was able to soothe its friends and neighbors in Europe in regard to its approach to debt problems,...

TV up, radio down as February bows in

After a rough and tumble January on Wall Street, stocks got off to a generally good start. Television companies partook of the black ink,...

Broadcasters drop with the general market

It was a bad month, a bad week and a bad day, as far as the stock trading market is concerned, and broadcasters were...

U.S. stocks rose alongside oil prices Thursday

U.S. stocks rose alongside oil prices Thursday, as upbeat corporate earnings reports helped spur consumer shares higher.  Radio followed suit, with TV dipping slightly. The...

Polar plunge for broadcast stocks

The northeast was in the grip of a blizzard and broadcast stocks were in the grip of a freefall when the stock markets closed...

The blue chips fall where they may

The headline writers on Wall Street were in Chicken Little mood, watching for dropping items due to disappointing blue chip earnings reports. But broadcasters...

Choppy trading day leaves broadcast results mixed

Radio was up – barely – and TV was down, a little, after an up and down day on Wall Street. The biggest gainer...

Few tears to dry for broadcasters on Friday

Kimberly Clark may have needed some tissues after reporting both disappointing results and outlook, but broadcasters kept their losses to a bare minimum on...

Wall Street shouts “Yay for Europe”

The decision by the ECB to try to jumpstart the Eurozone was met with approval in the US markets, and broadcasters were quite happy...

Europeans stimulate US stocks

That’s right – the ECB is using stimulus tactics, and on top of that, oil prices rose, and US markets approved. But broadcasters got...

Broadcast down in “choppy” market

That’s what Wall Street Journal called it: “Choppy.” There were other words bandied about, like volatile – but for broadcasters, down suffices, but not...

Fine end of week results for broadcast stocks

According to Wall Street watchers, the market recovered from its Swiss franc fears and oil rebounded, ending a share-price losing streak. Only two of...

Stocks feel the effect of Switzerland

The decision by the Swiss to let the value of their currency rise was a problem for some – the kind of some that...

Broadcasters tumble with general market

A number of factors tended to move stock prices downward, and broadcasters had the misfortune to go along with the crowd. In fact, there...

Broadcasters beat the Street

In what was described as a volatile day of trading, during which a big early gain evaporated in its entirety, broadcast issues did well,...