Service Sector Earnings Forecast: CMCSA, WU, DRYS, EBAY

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/13/2013 -- Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced that it will acquire the remaining stake of NBCUniversal from General Electric Co., thus owning the entire the movie and TV company. Comcast is also purchasing CNBC’s headquarters building in Englewood Cliffs, and 30 Rockefeller Plaza from General Electric. The combined value of the acquisitions is $18.1 billion. Shares of Comcast rose 7.44 percent to $41.83 in early session.

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The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) closed at $14.34 by scoring +0.63%. The market capitalization of WU was 8.55 billion on February 12, 2013. WU was on the list of hot trading stocks and traded with volume of 11.97 million shares, which was higher as compared to average volume of 10.07 million shares. The 5 days graph showed a downbeat performance of -0.28%. The 3 months performance showed it as a big bull of +16.21%.

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DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS) shares climbed 6.20% to $2.40. The company, on Feb. 11, announced it is offering 5,000,000 common shares of Ocean Rig that it owns in an underwritten public offering pursuant to Ocean Rig’s effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3ASR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Following the completion of the offering, DryShips is expected to own approximately 61.3% of Ocean Rig’s outstanding shares.

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eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) closed at the price of $56.78 after opening at $56.40. Stock traded during its last trading session with the total volume of 10.02 million shares, as compared to its average volume of 9.89 million shares. During the previous session, the company’s minimum price was $56.11, while it touched its highest price for the day at $57.18. EBAY’s beta value stands at 1.43 points, while its earnings per share was $1.99. During its last one month, the company climbed 5.74%, while its last 5 days shows an upsurge of 0.64%.

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