Verizon stock jumps as outage hits users and VZ dividend yield flirts with 7%
NEW YORK, Jan 14, 2026, 14:44 EST Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) shares climbed roughly 1.9% to $39.74 in afternoon trading Wednesday as the company scrambled to fix a network outage. Downdetector recorded over 130,000 problem reports around 1:11 p.m. ET, though the site warns user reports can exaggerate the actual number of affected users. Reuters The outage hits especially hard…