Visa Inc. Inc. (NYSE:V) and MasterCard Inc., have about six weeks to decide whether a new Russian law requiring them to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to operate in that country is worth the cost. For now, Visa’s answer is nyet. Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) stock opened today at $208.85 and is currently trading at $210.08. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -1.77%.
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) wishes to keep its customers at the stores for longer periods of time, following a “coffee bar” trend that is popular in urban locales. Tryst in Washington, D.C. and Milkboy in Philadelphia exemplify the business plan. Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) stock opened at $70.71, in current trading session and currently is at $70.24, by gaining 0.02%. The 52 week range of $62.31 – $82.50. Company’s market capitalization is 52.88 billion.
DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV) $4 billion, four-year deal lapses after the 2014 season. About 10% of DirecTV’s 20 million U.S. customers pay to get NFL Sunday Ticket, and more get the sports package free as part of promotions. DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) stock is currently trading at $83.29. The EPS of the stock is 5.09. Company’s market capitalization is 41.96 billion.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) Chief Financial Officer John Stephens said the National Football League’s recent commentary on negotiations with DirecTV (DTV) for NFL Sunday Ticket rights is “very encouraging.” AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) stock opened the session at $35.67, and now is at $35.54. The 52 week range of the AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) stock remained $31.74 – $37.24 and the day range was $35.46 – $35.71.
Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) bank account is going to be a bit lighter thanks to the FCC’s recent announcement that the telco has failed to comply with customer “do-not-call” requests. The Now Network has to pay a $7.5 million fine (the largest ever) for violating your pleas for its unwanted phone-and-text telemarketing to stop, with acting chief of the enforcement bureau saying the settlement “leaves no question that protecting consumer privacy remains a top priority.” Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) stock opened today at $9.00 and is currently trading at $9.09. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -0.44%.
Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) is scheduled to be announcing its Q114 earnings results on Thursday, May 22nd. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.66 per share and revenue of $2.01 billion for the quarter. Dollar Tree has set its Q1 guidance at $0.63-0.68 EPS and its FY15 guidance at $2.91-3.13 EPS. Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) stock opened today at $51.04 and is currently trading at $50.30. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -2.05%.