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Viva Mexico! AT&T Strategy Gets Analysts’ Thumbs Up

AT&T’s (T) foray into Mexico is getting upbeat views from Wall Street analysts, though it might take a few years for AT&T to get paid back for its investments. Some analysts question whether Brazil is also on AT&T’s wireless roadmap. AT&T in November agreed to buy Mexico’s No. 3 wireless firm, Iusacell, for $1.7 billion. Iusacell, with 8.6 million subscribers, offers service to 70% of the population. In January, AT&T announced that it would buy

Oracle Q4 Earnings Miss Amid Transition To Cloud

Oracle late Wednesday posted fiscal Q4 results that missed analyst expectation as the strong dollar hurt, but executives touted “astonishing” cloud growth that they say outpaces that of cloud software rivals Salesforce.com and Workday. Oracle (ORCL) said earnings per share minus items fell 14% from the year-earlier quarter to 78 cents. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected 86 cents. EPS ex items would have fallen 5% in constant currency,

Fitness Trackers Count The Steps To A Better You

All of us want to be as healthy as possible, which might well involve getting at least some exercise and keeping an eye on our diet. If someone were to ask you how much exercise you got last week or how many calories you consumed yesterday, would you know? And if you did know, would you be able to say how effective your diet and exercise was? Today, the answers to those questions are more and more often “yes,” thanks to the wave of fitness