The Boeing Company (BA), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ): Stocks Fall on Fear That Cheap Money May End Soon

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Telecom giant Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) saw shares decline by 1.15% today as a large amount of news surrounded the stock. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) announced that it would be partnering with Jennifer Lopez, who is planning on opening a number of wireless retail stores around the country in an effort to appeal to the Latino market. Another story that likely played a role in the declining share price was that while Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) may have the largest LTE Network, rival AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) was crowned with the fastest. The experts at TechHive conducted their annual survey and found that for the second year in a row AT&T had the fastest network, averaging download speeds of 13.15 mbps and 6.45 mbps for uploads.

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