Charter

Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX) has entered into a time charter contract with Olam International Limited, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Baltimore.  The gross charter rate is $56,000 per day, minus a 4.75% commission paid to third parties for a...

Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX) has entered into a time charter contract with ASL Bulk Shipping HK Limited for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Maera. The charter commenced on September 18, 2021. The gross charter rate is $26,000 per day, minus a 5% commission...

Castor Maritime Inc (NASDAQ: CTRM) announced new charter agreements for three of its vessels.      The M/V Magic Nebula, a Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier, has been fixed on a time charter contract at a gross daily charter rate of $31,750. The charter commenced on...

Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) has entered into new charter agreements for 10 of its vessels, including one 8,500 TEU vessel, three 3,400 TEU vessels, and six 2,200 vessels, for charter periods ranging from 3 to 4 years.  The charters will commence between January and August of...

Shares of Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) have lost nearly 15 percent over the past three months, but some analysts are confident enough in the cable company's 2018 prospects to recommend buying the stock. The Analyst The Buckingham Research Group's Matthew Harrigan initiated...

Things haven’t been going too well for traditional media companies. Very recently, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) has been getting hammered by its media segment, undergoing significant layoffs in its flagship ESPN channel. Re-Tiering Pressures Deutsche Bank has lowered its rating on another media...

Shares of Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) and Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) were both trading higher by nearly 2 percent. The mega merger between the companies cleared a key regulatory hurdle, as a California administrative judge recommended in a legal briefing document to...

U.S. Presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, along with other Senators, delivered a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission regarding Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR)'s proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC...

Amsterdam-listed Altice said it would acquire Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) for $34.90 per share. Shares of Cablevision Systems rose almost 15 percent on Thursday trading. Altice is betting on getting into the U.S. market, while analysts believe it will be a hard task....

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) plans to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) for approximately $55 billion. The deal comes a month after the demise of the proposed merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). Unfazed by that failure, investors...

The so-called “triple play” bundle originally offered by cable companies has been very successful. Combining telephone, television and Internet into one package provided additional revenue for the companies and, in most cases, value for customers. When telecoms got involved, triple...

U.S. stocks were slightly higher as the Dow and S&P 500 indices continue hitting new all-time highs following positive comments from the Fed's Chief Janet Yellen earlier this week. The Dow continues to flirt with the 17,000 mark and hit a historical intra-day high of 16,978.0 Friday...

Marlon Weems is the founder of Hillcrest Strategies, which provides value-based management consulting services to institution clients in the financial services industry. Weems has over 30 years of financial services experience, which includes managing several boutique brokerages and trading...

AT&T (NYSE: T) was in the process of considering a move to acquire satellite provider DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), according to sources who spoke with the Wall Street Journal Thursday. The deal would likely be worth $40 billion, DirecTV’s current market capitalization. The combination of AT&T...