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45,000 Verizon workers go on strike over contract
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tens of thousands of unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike early Sunday after they failed to agree on a new labor contract with the telecommunications company. The...Tags: Advanced Training, Strikes, Medical Services, Health Insurance Cost, Unions
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Mobile Alerts 1. What are Mobile alerts? Mobile alerts are text messages you receive on your mobile phone or PDA. For Breaking News alerts, text NEWS to 70701 For Business alerts, text BUSINESS to 70701 For Deals alerts, text DEALS to 70701 For...Tags: Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile
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Companies vie to hand Phelps money
Sun reporterIt was one of the first questions fans started asking after Michael Phelps achieved the improbable feat of winning eight gold medals in one Olympics: What will he be worth? Companies are already lining up to hand Phelps millions of dollars to associate...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Kellogg Company, Golf, Nike, Inc., Hilton Hotels Corp.
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Ideas floated; Phelps wades in
Though his celebratory parade in Towson represented a finale to Michael Phelps' post-Olympic blitz of public appearances, the swimmer is just beginning his quest to become an enduring marketing force. "We couldn't fully comprehend the impact of his...Tags: NBC (tv network), Television Industry, Nike, Inc., Oprah Winfrey, Companies and Corporations
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Did AT&T sway the 'American Idol' results?
Reality CheckThe New York Times has an interesting story about the American Idol finale week. Seems a couple of AT&T representatives attended a couple of the finale parties in winner Kris Allen's home state of Arkansas and helped people cast text......Tags: Kris Allen, Popular Music (genre), The New York Times
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National do-not-call list scrutinized
The Wall Street JournalTwo years after the National Do Not Call Registry took effect -- and with more than 100 million numbers enrolled -- dinner-time conversations are still being interrupted by telemarketing calls. Regulators say the system is working, but a recent random...Tags: Fines, Regional Authority, Marketing, Seattle, Punishment
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Court opens WorldCom hearings
The Associated PressNEW YORK - MCI was close to settling today with two groups of creditors that opposed a deal to repay just a fraction of the company's $41 billion debt, prompting a surprise adjournment as hearings began on a plan to emerge from bankruptcy. A settlement...Tags: Witnesses, Prosecution, Verizon Communications, Fraud, Bankruptcy
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Some businesses like it hot
SunSpot StaffDan Roche started three companies before age 40. Now, as UMBC's Venable Entrepreneur-in-Residence, he is helping other businesspeople get on their feet. He recently discussed his position at the school and his experiences in the technology field....Tags: Technology Solutions Company, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Companies and Corporations, Annapolis, Marketing
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The WorldCom debacle: Through one director's eyes
Los Angeles TimesFrom the living room of his luxurious 10,000-square-foot midtown Manhattan apartment, Francesco Galesi built an empire that earned him a winter villa near Jamaica's Montego Bay, a 12-bedroom oceanfront castle on Long Island and a net worth of more than...Tags: Jamaica, Manhattan (New York City), Corporate Officers, Lawyers, Real Estate
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Wireless hits the (hot) spot
Sooner or later, you'll go wireless. Since 1999 Apple has sold a technology it calls "Airport" allowing Mac users to connect to a network via a base station that broadcasts a signal to any Mac equipped with a $99 Airport card. All current Mac models...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Consumer Electronics Industry, Starbucks Corp., New Products, Manhattan (New York City)
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Bush says U.S. to investigate WorldCom
Associated PressPresident Bush on Wednesday called reports that WorldCom Inc. disguised $3.9 billion in expenses "outrageous" and said the government "will fully investigate and hold people accountable." Bush said he feared a pending bankruptcy would hurt "not only...Tags: Stock Market, U.S. Department of Justice, Stock Broking, Companies and Corporations, Defense
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WorldCom reportedly will lay off up to 11,000
WorldCom Inc. plans to eliminate as many as 11,000 jobs to reduce its staff are part of a larger effort to refocus the company, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, quoting people familiar with the situation. The layoffs would be the first for the...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Unemployment, WorldCom Incorporated
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