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Best of Black Friday: Here’s where to get the top deals

Black Friday can be a tiring, stressful, and overwhelming ordeal. Here’s a list of which stores have the best deals on some of the top items for the holiday shopping season, along with our picks for Best All-Around Store, Biggest Disappointment, Biggest No-Show Product, Most Ubiquitous Bundle, and Most Confusing Ad.

Nick | Nov 27, 2008 | Comments 0
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AT&T buys Centennial for $944 million

AT&T bought Centennial Communications Corp for $944 million today in order improve AT&T’s coverage in the Midwest, Southeast, and Puerto Rico.
The purchase will add 1.1 million customers to AT&T’s 74.9 million base. The move follows Verizon’s purchase of Alltel last week.
Mobile providers are facing a plateau in subscribers due partially to the economic downturn. By [...]

Nick | Nov 08, 2008 | Comments 0
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Telco Consolidation Continues: CenturyTel Gets Embarq In $11.6 Billion Deal

Expect to see more of this: Regional phone companies teaming up to squeeze out every possible scale advantage as they decline in relevance. This morning, CenturyTel (CTL) announced it was picking up Embarq (EQ) for $5.8 billion in stock and will assume $5.8 billion in debt. (Sprint Nextel (S) spun Embarq off 2.5 years ago [...]

Nick | Oct 27, 2008 | Comments 0
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