As long as investors keep bidding up the price of the long distance companies on speculation that there might be an acquisition, it actually makes an acquisition harder to complete, |
Dividend tax relief and low interest rates tend to buoy some of the stocks, but the sector's fundamentals continue to deteriorate, |
I'm skeptical that enterprise customers are as attractive as Wall Street assumes. |
The equipment companies are hurting as capital expenditures by the carriers continue to stay low. It's a vicious cycle. |
Why buy a business that's been declining 10 to 15 percent? |