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Verizon braces for business day traffic with strike

...thousands of operators and technicians on strike for the second day in a dozen Eastern states. Negotiators for the telecommunications giant and two unions representing 87,200 workers continued to sort through thorny contract issues involving working...

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Negotiators to talk into weekend as Verizon strike enters third week

...union negotiators said they planned to press ahead with contract talks into the weekend. Meanwhile, the telecommunications giant struggled to fulfill growing numbers of repair requests, saying that perhaps as many as 50,000 customers...

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WorldCom CEO vows to continue fine-tuning company as possible bankruptcy looms

...called the accounting disclosure "an undeniable setback" for the nation's No. 2 long distance provider and telecommunications giant. But Sidgmore said he was moving forward with plans to make the company leaner and simpler, a process that...

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WorldCom executives, former auditors clash over responsibility for accounting irregularities

...Monday over responsibility for nearly $4 billion in accounting improprieties that rocked U.S. markets. The telecommunications giant's former CEO and finance chief refused to testify to a House panel investigating the debacle. WorldCom Chairman...

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WorldCom files for biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history

...believe our competitors would be smart to relax during this period," Sidgmore said. Tottering under debt, the telecommunications giant filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday night, nearly a month after it disclosed almost $4 billion in deceptive...

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Wizards look to IPv6 to expand Net's limits

...still in the air," said Cerf, 57, now senior vice president for Internet architecture and technology at telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. The members of the task force believe they have a solution. A new Internet language, dubbed...

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Ventura talks about Penny candidacy

...Paul offices of Qwest as a backdrop to decry the latest reports of corporate wrongdoing. Officials with the telecommunications giant recently said the company overstated its earnings by $1.1 billion, and reports show company officials made...

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Two WorldCom execs latest accused of corporate fraud

...with their tailored suits. Two former WorldCom Inc. executives who earned millions from the now-bankrupt telecommunications giant were arrested as part of the latest crackdown on shady accounting practices in the nation's boardrooms. Former...

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AT&T receives subpoena related to New York State investigation of financial analysts

...upgraded his rating of AT&T's stock to help land the bank a role advising on a $10.6 billion deal for the telecommunication giant, a source familiar with the matter said. AT&T spokeswoman Eileen Connolly confirmed Friday that the company...

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WorldCom fraud likely to exceed $7 billion previously reported

...attorney general appointed by the bankruptcy court to examine WorldCom's finances, also sternly criticized the telecommunications giant in the report Monday for making more than $1 billion in loans to the firm's former chief executive. He said...

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