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More strong tech earnings expected this week

Better-than-expected earnings from Amazon.com, Google and Microsoft bode well for tech firms announcing results this week, including Vistaprint, Shutterfly and comSocre, say Jefferies analysts.


Mergers & acquisitions (& data breaches)

The Verizon Business Risk Team looks at the risks for cybercrime or other data breaches that M&A partners face.


Would Vodafone exit Verizon Wireless?

If British carrier Vodafone consolidates its home market, what becomes of its U.S. joint venture with Verizon Communications?


FairPoint stock drops amid recap efforts

FairPoint hires Rothschild and says it could miss an October interest payment.


Fitch issues telecom scorecard

Credit agency Fitch Ratings issued a debt scorecard for 23 telecom, cable and satellite industries on Thursday.


Stimulus funds give telecoms a headache

Should Verizon and AT&T be worried that the $7.2 billion slated for broadband will end up bankrolling startups to compete with them?


AIG: What's in a name?

The insurer, which reportedly paid out $215 million in bonus, 30% greater than the widely reported $165 million figure, may be considering a name change.


The clock ticks for Sirius' Karmazin

With a plot resembling a Hollywood movie, Sirius XM's Mel Karmazin is frantically seeking a white knight to thwart long-time rival Charlie Ergen from snapping up the media company.


Verizon-Alltel gets mired in election politics

Election Day is having an impact over at the Federal Communications Commission, which is delaying a vote on the controversial $28.1 billion purchase of Alltel Corp. by Verizon Wireless. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin scheduled a vote to approve the deal for 11 a.m., but Democratic commissioners have been holding it up in hopes of garnering additional conditions on the deal. The approval would be the last major OK by the FCC during the Bush administration, which has been a period of massive consolidation....


Telecoms consider 'bailout' too

With the financial industry receiving a $700 billion bailout package, a number of other industries are turning around and wondering why they shouldn't be the next group to be rescued. As Congress considers an infrastructure stimulus package, a number of telecom and media academics and policy makers have begun discussing whether that roads and bridges package should also include funding to build out the infrastructure of the future: Ultra Broadband, or UBB, a super-high capacity next-generation Internet service.  ...


Analyst: Government to clear wireless deals soon

Clearance for a pair of multibillion dollar wireless telecom deals could be at hand, according to Stifel, Nicolaus & Co....


Is Scott Ford telling all about Alltel?

Alltel Corp.'s CEO Scott Ford may be telling all concerning Verizon Communications Inc.'s $28.1 billion purchase of his company to the Arkansas News Bureau, but take it with a grain of salt. The entire article could be a public relations stunt to spin potential job losses because of the acquisition. ...



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