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• So that's where the IPOs have gone!

  - 2002-10-14

  Nearly twice as many companies have gone public this year in Japan than in the United States. While low stock prices and economic uncertainty have deterred initial public offerings in the U.S., companies have continued to debut on the Japanese stock exchanges despite difficult economic times in that country. In...

  Tags: Ameritech, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, IPO, merger, SBC Communications Inc.

• WideOpenWest unleashed to buy Ameritech systems.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-09-01

  WideOpenWest recently announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for its proposed acquisition of the Ameritech New Media cable TV systems in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. With this grant, WideOpenWest may proceed with the...

  Tags: acquisition, Ameritech, Cable, FINANCE, FTC, Investment, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• FCC Grants SBC Extension Request

  - 2001-08-14

  The Federal Communications Commission granted on Friday SBC Communications' [SBC] request for an extension to file its independent auditor's report on the company's performance data. The company's deadline for reporting the audited material was moved from Sept. 4 to Nov. 12. As part of the FCC's...

  Tags: Ameritech, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, performance

• Cambridge Protection to Acquire SecurityLink.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-01-01

  With the announcement that so-called Baby Bell SBC is selling SecurityLink to Cambridge Protection Industries, an affiliate of GTCR Golder Rauner, a leading private equity investment firm that has partnered with former SecurityLink exec Jim Covert, an era has ended, emphasizing what goes around comes around....

  Tags: Ameritech, Baby Bell, Cambridge, FINANCE, Investment, LLC

• SBC Hit by Market After Earnings Warning.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-12-20

  Dec. 20--SBC Communications yesterday became the latest corporation to signal slower growth in coming months and to suffer the stock market's wrath as a result. The Texas-based former Baby Bell's shares fell $6.75 to $46.56 in regular trading after officials announced a host of...

  Tags: Ameritech, analyst, Baby Bell, DSL, earnings, FINANCE, Investment, SBC Communications Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Verizon Communications Inc.

• Ameritech makes a judgment call for Michigan

  - 2000-06-06

  Alexander, Ericka Michigan Chronicle 06-06-2000 Ameritech makes a judgment call for Michigan Seven months after SBC Communications Inc. completed one of the biggest mergers in history, Michigan operations of the largest local phone company in the country remain solidly connected...

  Tags: Ameritech, conglomerate, Cooper, Detroit, DSL, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, Michigan, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• SBC: The ties that bind — The 'Best LEC' has moved quickly to acquire additional assets, leading to culture clashes and snarls with the FCC

  - 2000-05-15

  If practice makes perfect, then SBC Communications should have the acquisition thing down pat. SBC absorbed Pacific Telesis in April 1997, but it didn't stop there. In October 1998, shortly before its merger with Southern New England Telecommunications SNET, SBC surprised many by announcing plans to acquire Ameritech. ...

  Tags: Ameritech, asset, DSL, FCC, FINANCE, Investment, merger, SBC Communications Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Qwest Nearer To ILEC Success With Its 'Plan B'

  - 1999-09-10

  Qwest Communications [QWST], which for a year has tried to finagle an alliance with an ILEC, came closer Tuesday, when the U.S. Justice Department cleared its proposed merger with US West [USW]. The next, and largest hurdle for the companies is the FCC. Qwest has had a rough relationship...

  Tags: Ameritech, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Qwest Communications Inc., US West

• FROM THE DESK OF…DICK WILEY Conditions Precedent and Precedent

  - 1999-07-19

  Legal words, like those reflective pictures that change form depending on the viewing angle, can assume different meanings with a slight shift of inflection. Take the word p-r-e-c-e-d-e-n-t. Accent the second syllable and it signifies an event that comes before a later event (call this a "type 1"...

  Tags: Ameritech, commission, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger

• Last-Minute Lobbying

  - 1999-07-14

  The American Association of Retired Persons AARP has weighed in against the proposed merger of SBC [SBC] and Ameritech [AIT] after a study conducted for the group concluded that consumers would not benefit. The SBC-Ameritech public relations machines have been in overdrive touting the dozens of community groups that...

  Tags: AARP, Ameritech, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, merger