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• Qwest Communications International Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-29

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Michael Rollins – Citigroup. Michael Rollins - Citigroup I was wondering if you can outline what we should be thinking about in terms of future settlement payments from any remaining litigation or any of the inquiries into, I think...

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• '09 trial date likely in Qwest fraud case

  - 2007-07-21

  DENVER -- A civil fraud lawsuit against five former Qwest Communications executives, including one-time chief executive Joe Nacchio, likely won't go to trial until 2009, based on a witness interview schedule released Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer set a series of deadlines for completing witness depositions...

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• Nacchio denies involvement in civil fraud

  - 2007-06-07

  DENVER -- Former Qwest chief Joe Nacchio, facing prison time on an insider-trading conviction, has denied allegations he participated in a massive fraud that triggered a multibillion- dollar accounting scandal at the telecommunications company. Nacchio's attorneys submitted his formal answer to the federal civil complaint filed more than...

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• Nacchio seeking civil-case delays

  - 2007-05-18

  DENVER -- Former Qwest Communications chief Joe Nacchio sought Thursday to delay some proceedings in a civil fraud case against him while he pursues an appeal of his insider-trading conviction. Nacchio, who resigned as Qwest's chief executive officer in June 2002, asked a federal judge for more time...

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• Judge refuses to delay SEC suit against Nacchio

  - 2007-04-27

  DENVER -- A judge refused Thursday to delay a civil fraud lawsuit against Joe Nacchio for what could be months as the former Qwest CEO pursues post-trial motions stemming from his insider-trading conviction. U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer told Nacchio's attorneys it was in the best interests of...

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• Judge lifts restrictions in Qwest fraud case

  - 2007-04-07

  DENVER -- A magistrate on Friday lifted most of the interview and evidence restrictions in a civil fraud case against former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio and others now that Nacchio's criminal trial on insider trading charges is winding down. In the civil case, federal regulators have accused...

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• SEC, ex-Qwest execs start fraud suit negotiations

  - 2007-01-11

  DENVER -- Preliminary negotiations have started between federal regulators and former Qwest executives in an effort to settle a civil fraud lawsuit stemming from the Denver phone company's multibillion-dollar accounting scandal. The negotiations, required under federal court rules in Colorado, involve all the defendants, SEC attorney Polly Atkinson...

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• Ex-Qwest exec offers settlement

  - 2007-01-09

  DENVER -- A former Qwest Communications finance chief has reached a tentative settlement in a civil fraud lawsuit stemming from an accounting scandal that forced the telephone company to restate billions of dollars in revenue. Details of Robin Szeliga's proposed settlement in principle, reached with Securities and Exchange...

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• Deal with ex-Qwest executive fizzles

  - 2006-01-20

  DENVER -- A former Qwest finance chief who admitted to insider trading as part of the company's multibillion-dollar accounting scandal faces a trial on civil fraud charges because a tentative settlement with regulators has collapsed. Robin Szeliga's attorney did not elaborate when he advised a federal judge Thursday...

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• Qwest reaches $400 million settlement on class-action lawsuits

  - 2005-11-01

  DENVER -- Qwest Communications International Inc., the primary local telephone provider in 14 mostly Western states, reported a smaller loss for the third quarter on Tuesday and announced a tentative $400 million settlement of shareholder lawsuits stemming from an accounting scandal that forced it to restate billions of dollars of...

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