Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) misses expectations in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. Quarterly revenue of $785 million was up 8% year-over-year, but below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $795 million. The year-over-year improvement was primarily due to customer growth and rate increases.  Quarterly net income was $111.6 million, or 26 cents per share compared to a net income of $129.1 million, or 30 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. Fourth quarter EPS of 26 cents was also below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 28 cents.  Quarterly operating income before amortization was $355 million, up 6.8% year-over-year. During the quarter, Shaw Communications generated $289.2 million of cash from operations, which was flat, compared to the year-ago quarter. Free cash flow (cash flow from operations less capital expenditures) in the same quarter was $89.1 million, compared to $139.4 million in the year-ago quarter.  At the end

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Tactical Connections Inc. to provide various financial services to major tier one US, Canadian and European manufacturing and retail industries.

Shaw Communications Inc. (NYSE: SJR) announced today that it has been granted approval by the CRTC to acquire Mountain Cablevision Limited in Hamilton, Ontario making Shaw the largest cable company in Canada.

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Telus kick-starts satellite TV services in Western CanadaTelus Corporation (TU) has officially launched its new satellite TV services in Alberta and British Columbia through a joint-venture with Bell Canada, a subsidiary of BCE Inc (BCE). In May 2009, the company entered into an agreement with BCE, which provided it the right to distribute Bell Canada's satellite TV services to customers in Western Canada under the Telus brand.With this launch, Telus has further enriched its entertainment portfolio that includes the digital TV ("Telus TV") service offered over the broadband Internet. Telus's satellite TV service effectively complements the Telus TV offering, which currently has more than 100,000 subscribers covering around 10% of households across Alberta and British Columbia. However, Telus remains significantly challenged by the weakening Canadian economy and ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Access National Corp (ANCX) Air Liquide (AIQUY) Altair Nanotechnologies Inc (ALTI) Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) Empresas ICA SA (ICA) Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Insituform Technologies Inc (INSU) IntelGenx Technologies Corp (IGXT) Macrovision Solutions Corp (MVSN) Metabasis Therapeutics Inc (MBRX) NaviSite Inc (NAVI) Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp (OSCI) Owens & Minor Inc (OMI) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Pearson Plc (PSO) Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGSVY) Provident Energy Trust (PVX) Rollins Inc (ROL) Shaw Communications Inc (SJR) Thomson SA (TMS) Tucows Inc (TCX) Unitrin Inc (UTR) VistaPrint Ltd (VPRT) The Wet Seal Inc ...

Shares of Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) are trading on an unusually high volume. Stock was up a little above 1% at $16.98 this afternoon.

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Chinacast Education Corp (CAST) Comverse Technology Inc (CMVT) CPFL Energia SA (CPL) Hansen Natural Corp (HANS) Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) Shaw Communications Inc (SJR) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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