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		<title><![CDATA[Ruling in Dallas phone company case favors independent sales representatives.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Nov. 23--VarTec Telecom Inc. is finding that breaking up is hard to  do.    The Dallas phone company's effort to sever ties with 130,000  independent  sales representatives for its Excel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom Inc. seeks relief, files for bankruptcy protection.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Nov. 2--VarTec Telecom Inc. succumbed to the mounting pressures of  its  large debt and falling revenue and filed for bankruptcy protection  Monday,  citing an urgent need for new capital.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom confirms 200 layoffs.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Oct. 20--VarTec Telecom Inc. confirmed Tuesday that it laid off   approximately 200 employees this week as it continues to struggle with  falling  long-distance revenue and rates.    The Dallas-based...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom Inc. reaches new deal for debt.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Oct. 9--VarTec Telecom Inc. said Friday that it has renegotiated  $334  million in debt, giving the struggling phone company room to  maneuver.    The Dallas long-distance discounter said it paid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SBC sues VarTec Telecom, other firms.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    Oct. 1--SBC Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit alleging that   Dallas-based VarTec Telecom Inc., four other phone companies and 10  unnamed  individuals conspired to defraud the telecommunications giant  of millions in  telephone fees. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom Inc. faces default as anxious sales representatives gather.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Aug. 31--VarTec Telecom Inc., the troubled Dallas phone company,  has two  engagements today that could help determine its fate.    A Washington finance cooperative may declare the company in default ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom Inc. reportedly can't pay on loans.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Aug. 25--Troubled long-distance company VarTec Telecom Inc. has  told a  creditor that it can't make principal payments on $340  million in loans,  according to a securities filing.    The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth Column.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight  Ridder/Tribune Business News    Mar. 23--It never ceases to amaze me how many lousy long-distance  calling  plans are being promoted.    Last week I got two offers in the mail, and it's hard to ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom Files Suit Against BCE, BCE Ventures and William Anderson.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec 2, 2002 CCNMatthews via COMTEX    Today, VarTec Telecom, Inc. and VarTec Holding Company  ("VarTec") announced that it had filed suit against BCE, Inc.,  BCE Ventures, Inc. and William D. Anderson (collectively,  "BCE") in Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas alleging ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[VarTec Telecom Files Suit Against BCE, BCE Ventures and William Anderson]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors & Legal Writers  DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 2, 2002  Today, VarTec Telecom, Inc. and VarTec Holding Company ("VarTec") announced that it had filed suit against BCE, Inc., BCE Ventures, Inc. and William D. Anderson (collectively, "BCE") in Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas alleging that BCE defrauded VarTec...]]></description>
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