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...The largest percentage write-offs were 84% by Qwest, 63% by Clear Channel Communications, 47% by Boeing, 45% by Aetna, and 43% by AOL Time Warner....
...Unlike the Kiobel case, Cisco is a US corporation which may allow the ATC Act to enable a case to be heard....
...Earlier this month, CenturyLink became the third-largest US telecommunications group after AT&T and Verizon Communications when it completed the purchase of Qwest Communications....
...Cohen subsequently made phone calls from an outdoor pay phone to tip his uncle David V....
...Deere & Co, Qwest and Caterpillar all expect to take charges of over $100m, while companies like AK Steel, Honeywell and 3M anticipate smaller charges....
...“Are we turning the market into a day-trading environment, or is there still some value to holding great corporations in this country?”...
...Meanwhile, a glut of other downbeat developments once again underscored the extent of the recession and the toll it was taking on US corporations....
...In FCC v Fox Television Stations, the high court will rule on whether a policy governing the airing of “fleeting expletives” on broadcast television, enacted by the Federal Communications Commission, is...
...And we can now judge the government’s fundamental assertion in US v Microsoft....
...The justices heard arguments in Stoneridge v Scientific-Atlanta, seen by both sides as the most important investor lawsuit in a decade....
...The case involves a cable company, Charter Communications, which inflated its revenues by using bogus transactions with two suppliers....
...Another company reporting a near-threefold rise in first-quarter profit was Qwest Communications , whose results were boosted by lower costs and higher take-up of bundled services – such as telephone, television...
...Along the way it lost its distinctive V-tail and picked up a conventional tail. But it is still fast....
...Verizon, the second-largest US carrier, gained 0.5 per cent to $33.73, while QWest Communications International – widely seen as a takeover target for Verizon – gained 3.8 per cent to $6.84....
...ROME, INC: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation by Stanley Bing Norton & Co ₤15.99, 192 pages Augustus, like Bill Gates, was “a geek”....
...And Verizon, while getting no bargain, has the chance to build its long-distance business for large corporations far more quickly than would otherwise have been possible....
...However, supply is a function of demand and is therefore not negative for the rest of the market - at least not as long as the credit cycle remains favourable for corporations....
...previous agreement with Verizon Communications, then two days later, reignited talks with Qwest....
...Qwest shares fell 2.1 per cent to $3.74, while shares in Verizon, which is also stalking the company, slid 0.9 per cent to $35.21....
...In fact, outsourcing is no longer just for the largest corporations - he is beginning to do business with mid-sized companies eager to send jobs overseas....
...The deal marks the end of MCI's year-long search for a buyer, and came despite Qwest Communications, the smallest of the four "Baby Bells", offering a higher bid at the last moment....
...The case has split regulators, corporations and the legal profession right down the middle. If they can agree on one thing, it is that the stakes could not be higher....
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