Comcast sets annual dividend, posts higher profit
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Comcast Corp  said on Thursday that it would pay an annual dividend and set a 2009 target to complete a stock buyback program, two actions aimed at addressing investor demands to boost its share price.
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AT&T Inc  on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit as strength in its wireless business offset weakness in traditional consumer services.
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TO THE EDITOR:           Record profits, no accountability, greed. The latest Comcast rate increase is explained by the need to improve services. What ever happened to investing profits to enhance service? Comcast is truly the poster child for de-regulation of a monopoly.
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The cable operator reported fourth-quarter net income of $602 million on solid revenue gains as customers spent more for cable TV. The company also said it will start paying a quarterly dividend.
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U.S. phone company Qwest  Communications International Inc  on Tuesday reported an  89 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, boosted by a benefit  related to income tax.
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Comcast Corp., the top U.S. cable operator, on Thursday reported its quarterly net profit rose 10 percent, boosted by more high-speed Internet customers.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. posted a higher profit Wednesday for its fiscal first quarter, driven by strong revenue gains in its broadcast and cable TV operations.
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AT&T, the nation's biggest long-distance carrier, said that its profit jumped a better-than-expected 84 percent in the fourth quarter as it cut costs.
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News Corp.'s earnings rose 19 percent as stronger results from cable networks, broadcast television and movies outweighed a slump in newspapers, the media company reported Tuesday. Results were also lifted by a gain from selling a European radio business.
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Comcast Corp., the leading U.S. cable  operator, said on Thursday its quarterly profit tripled, but  its shares fell as higher-than-expected spending plans for 2007  raised concerns on Wall Street.
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Comcast Corp., the nation&#39;s biggest cable television company, reported a sharp decline in its profit for the third quarter from results a year ago that included a big gain on the sale of its interest in the home shopping network QVC Inc.
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Comcast Corp , the largest U.S. cable TV operator, on Thursday reported a small rise in profit as it lost basic video subscribers during the third quarter due to stronger competition from rival video services through satellite and telephone operators.
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MONTREAL (CP) - BCE Inc., a major media company and the parent of a Bell Canada, is increasing its annual common share dividend by 12 cents, or 10 per cent, to $1.32 a share.
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BCE Inc. BCE.TO unveiled its first  dividend increase in 10 years on Wednesday and said it expects  higher revenue and per share profit next year, mainly from  wireless, video and high-speed Internet services.
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Comcast Corp. posted strong growth in high-speed Internet and digital cable customers during the third quarter. The Philadelphia-based cable TV and programming company&#39;s profit was slightly below estimates and its revenue was slightly above them.
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Comcast Corp. CMCSA.O, the top U.S.  cable operator, on Thursday reported its quarterly net profit  rose 10 percent, boosted by more high-speed Internet customers.
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Viacom Inc. on Thursday said its quarterly profit from continuing operations rose 12 percent on higher cable network advertising sales and announced a larger-than-expected stock repurchase, sending its shares up 3 percent.