Verizon earnings show wireless subscriber momentum, helping send stock higher

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. were up 3% in premarket trading Tuesday after the telecommunications company showed momentum in its consumer wireless business in the latest quarter. The wireless giant posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.6 billion, or 64 cents a share, compared with $6.7 billion, or $1.56 a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Verizon VZ, +0.64% previously disclosed that it would take a $5.8 billion noncash goodwill impairment charge for the fourth quarter following a five-year plann ...