"Verizon tops estimates in 3d quarter" by Bloomberg News | October 27, 2009
Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest US phone company, reported third-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates after cutting workers and adding mobile phone customers....
Verizon cut 4,000 jobs in the declining land-line business last quarter, and expects to shed the same amount in this one, chief financial officer John Killian said on a conference call. The carrier pared costs while expanding coverage for high-definition TV and Internet with fiber-optic FiOS service. Verizon also is relying on its mobile phone service, which became the largest in the United States this year, to fuel growth....
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Here is how they did it:
"Troubled FairPoint files Chapter 11" by Associated Press | October 27, 2009
PORTLAND, Maine - FairPoint Communications Inc. had its work cut out when it grew sixfold overnight by buying Verizon Communications’ land line and Internet operations in three New England states. But the nation’s credit crisis and a bungled technology transfer made the task virtually impossible.
OOOOOPS! Verizon fobbed their s*** off on FairPoint, huh?
With a battered financial sheet and a tattered reputation, FairPoint filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, barely 18 months after becoming the dominant telecommunications company in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The bankruptcy filing was widely anticipated and fulfilled critics’ predictions that FairPoint was taking on more than it could handle when it bought the Verizon properties for $2.3 billion.
FairPoint, based in Charlotte, N.C., owns and operates phone companies in 18 states with a total of 1.65 million lines. Its largest holdings are in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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And all is fair in love and.... hotels?
.... According to the 71-page court filing, seven employees of Moroccan descent - all of whom are US citizens - repeatedly were disparaged by co-workers who called them “terrorists’’ and accused them of being members of the Taliban.
Why do I feel a certain minority segment of people started this?
In one instance, during a meeting with several people, including a human resources director, the hotel’s general manager allegedly said: “I have two problems: the rats and the Moroccans. I took care of one and I can’t figure out the other.’’
What's his name?
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Can you imagine the reaction if they were saying that about you-know-whos?
It wouldn't be a one-day wonder at the bottom of page B9.
And what up? I don't hear a peep out of Patrick this time.
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: Trick or Treat?
Oh, that's why.
And the Zionist Globe sure isn't going to pick up the torch for some LEGAL Muslims!
