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Wall Street Thursday Briefings: AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD)

Boston, MA 02/20/2014 (wallstreetpr) – AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced that it is recruiting workers to fill the more than 270 positions in Houston area, including places like Rosenberg, Conroe, Katy, Pasadena and others. Some of the positions on hire are network technicians, customer care and retail officers. The company is clearly taking things to a new level in enhancing and expanding its wired and wireless networks. With rivals Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE:TMUS) and Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) cannibalizing one another in offering effortless user experience, it makes a lot of sense for AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) to boost its infrastructure, particular its fast-speed and reliable 4G LTE coverage. Shares of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) gained 3 cents in the previous session to conclude at $32.85. It was a day that the stock saw positive trading to the post-market session where it added another 5 cents to each of its shares.

Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) reported insider trading in the latest SEC filing. The deals website said its director Theodore Leonsis unloaded 19,750 shares of the company on open market transaction to generate about $204,215 in proceeds. Each share of the company was sold at an average price of $10.34. Due to that transaction, the director now retains about 793,540 shares of GRPN, all roughly valued at $8.2 million. Share of GRPN traded down 2.34 percent in the last session to end the day at $10.02, about 32 cents below the price at which the director sold the shares earlier in the week. Analysts agree that shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) are a “hold” with price target of $11.02.

Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD): Shares of BBD will start trading ex-interests from March 6. The company has declared April 1 as the date on which it will pay own capital interest at the gross value of (Brazilian real) 0.020699791 per preferred share and (Brazilian real) 0.018817992 per ordinary share. The stock of BBD gained 11cents on each share to end the last trading session at $11.22 per share.

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