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Qwest/CenturyTel merger: do you, Triceratops, take this Brontosaurus to be your lawfully wedded wife?

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It was announced yesterday that Louisiana-based CenturyTel is buying Qwest, marking the second major takeover in ten years for the Denver telco. I have some history with the US West iteration of the company, having worked there from 1997 until the ill-fated Qwest “merger” in Summer 2000. I was fortunate enough to be a part of USW’s PR group, which

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FTC suit against Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger is like a bad pro wrestling angle

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Good to see the Feds finally cracking some greedhead skulls by sacking up and opposing an anti-consumer megamerger. Ummm, wait a sec… FTC wants to stop Wild Oats/Whole Foods deal New Mexico Business Weekly 2:47 PM MDT Tuesday, June 5, 2007 The Federal Trade Commission says it will sue to stop a pending merger between rival natural foods grocers Wild

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