Qwest Communications International is engaged in providing voice, data, internet and video services. Co. operates majority of its business within its local service area, which...
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Tim Poulus submits: OPTA, the Dutch NRA, has released preliminary regulatory changes for the Dutch telephony, broadband and leased line markets for the period 2009-2011. A consultation period will run from July 29 to September 8 2008. Definitive new regulation is set to be written into...
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After yesterday's severe declines in the Financial sector, the indicated dividend yields on many of these companies have become laughable. Bank of America yielding 11.6%! Wachovia yielding 10.5%! Many of these dividends are going to have to be cut for these companies to...
I run my fundamental stock screener, searching for stocks with the highest dividend yield. The report lists only companies included in the S&P 500 index. Not surprisingly, aside from one GM GM, there are only financials and banks in the top ten. Financials had the highest yield, compared to other...
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: UBS telecom analyst John Hodulik today cut his ratings on both AT&T T and Verizon VZ to Hold from Buy, asserting that “the weak economy is pressuring wireline fundamentals at the Bells more than expected.” He expects to see accelerating line loses, weaker broadband adds...
Stockerblog submits: Many investors think that the perfect stock is one that sells for a low price and pays a high yield. It may be hard to believe but there are actually several stocks, including closed-end funds or CEF's, that sell for less than $5 a share and pay...
Stockerblog submits: If you are looking for an industry that has been depressed, in a 'relatively stable' industry, provides steady dividends, and pays a high yield, you might want to take a look at the telecommunications industry. Many of these companies provides services to small towns and rural areas....
A federal jury convicted Joseph Nacchio, former CEO of Qwest Communications, yesterday on charges of insider trading for selling $52 million of the company's shares in 2001. Nacchio sold the shares based on private warnings that the company would miss its sales targets. He faces ten years in prison.McDonald's said...
Educating salespeople on acceptable structures is fast becoming a necessity as regulators crack down on questionable sales practices and irregularities in booking revenue. CA, for example, has been embroiled in an accounting scandal that involved improper booking of $2.2 billion in revenue. Six executives, including the former head of worldwide...
DENVER -- Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC have expanded efforts to help protect children from online sexual exploitation. Under this voluntary agreement, Qwest is working with the NCMEC to block access to Web sites it has identified that contain child...
