The latest in Qwest Communications International Inc.

Arizona authorities clear CenturyLink, Qwest deal

2010-11-29T10:30:35Z

Arizona authorities OK CenturyLink, Qwest deal; companies agree to $70M broadband investment

Two state regulatory bodies in Arizona have approved the $10 billion acquisition of Qwest Communications International Inc. by CenturyLink Inc., the companies said Monday.

The Resid...

Merger Arbitrage Mondays: August 09, 2010

2010-11-02T12:11:59Z

...

CenturyLink 2Q net income triples on Embarq deal

2010-09-22T14:03:24Z

Qwest buyer CenturyLink's 2nd-quarter net income triples on Embarq deal

CenturyLink Inc., the phone company that is buying Qwest, on Wednesday said its profit tripled in the second quarter, and raised its earnings forecast for the rest of the year.

CenturyLink, which was called CenturyTel until May, said its net income soared to $...

Qwest 2Q profit falls 26 percent

2010-08-04T06:00:08Z

Qwest second-quarter profit falls 26 percent as line losses continue

Qwest Communications International Inc., which has agreed to be acquired by a smaller phone company, on Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings fell 26 percent as customers continued to cancel landlines, and it signed up few new broadband customers.

Qwest, the country's third-lar...

Qwest makes tender offer for $1.27B in notes

2010-09-22T13:57:14Z

Qwest makes tender offer to pay cash for $1.27B in notes due 2025

Qwest Communications International Inc. said Tuesday that it made a cash tender offer for its $1.27 billion outstanding 3.5 percent convertible senior notes due in 2025.

The telecommunications company said that for every $1,000 of convertible notes that are validly tendered it will pay...

Qwest 1Q profit tumbles on tax charges

2010-05-05T09:46:03Z

Qwest first-quarter profit falls 82 percent due to tax charges, revenue continues to fall

Qwest Communications International Inc., which recently agreed to be acquired by a smaller phone company, on Wednesday said its first-quarter earnings tumbled 82 percent due to one-time tax charges.

Its revenue fell 6.5 percent as customers continued to cancel l...

Merger Arbitrage Mondays: April 26, 2010

2010-10-27T06:31:08Z

...

CenturyLink and Qwest Agree to Merge Call Transcript

2010-10-27T06:30:42Z

...

Key events in the history of Qwest Communications

2010-04-22T13:15:15Z

Key events in the history of Qwest Communications

A timeline of key events in the history of Qwest Communications International Inc.:

_ April 1995: Qwest opens its Denver headquarters as a fiber-optic network operator and long-distance telephone service provider.

_ December 1996: Qwest hires

Summary Box: CenturyTel to buy Qwest

2010-10-22T12:25:56Z

Summary Box: CenturyTel to buy Qwest, uniting shrinking phone companies

MAKING A CONNECTION: CenturyTel Inc., the country's fifth-largest local-phone company, plans to buy No. 3, Qwest Communications International Inc. Qwest stockholders would get CenturyTel shares that were worth $10.6 billion ...

CenturyTel in 10.6-billion-dollar purchase of Qwest

2010-09-22T13:39:08Z

US telecom company CenturyTel announced Thursday it is acquiring Qwest Communications in an all-stock deal worth 10.6 billion dollars.

CenturyTel will take on 11.8 billion dollars of Qwest's debt as part of the transaction, the biggest merger in the telecommunications sector in the AlphaNinja readers who bought Qwest shares with me on my January 7th recommendation should not be in a rush to sell this morning, on news that CenturyTel has acquired the company in an al...

Don't Sell Your Qwest Shares

2010-10-27T06:30:22Z

...

Qwest launches tender offer for $1.2B of debt

2010-04-16T06:58:29Z

Qwest Communications launches tender offer to buy back up to $1.2 billion in notes

Telecommunications company Qwest Communications International Inc. said Wednesday that it will launch a tender offer to buy back $1.2 billion worth of debt maturing in 2010 and 2011.

The tender offer by the company's Qwest Capital Funding subsidiary is for $402.9 milli...

CenturyTel Qwest

2010-04-22T04:31:17Z

FILE - The Qwest Communications tower is shown in downtown Denver on in this Oct. 29, 2008 file photo. CenturyTel Inc. said Thursday April 22, 2010 that it will buy Qwest Communications International Inc. in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion, creating a telecommunications giant servin...

Earns Qwest

2010-03-27T15:58:00Z

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, a Qwest network technician goes underground on a service call in Salt Lake City. Qwest Communications International Inc., the nation's fourth largest phone company, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, said its fourth-quarter earnings fell 39 percent as customers continued to disconnect their tradi...

TechBit Qwest Internet

2010-04-05T23:16:46Z

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2006 file photo, the Qwest company logo adorns the side of a repair truck while technicians work underground to repair a phone service outage in downtown Englewood, Colo. Qwest Communications on Monday, July 20, 2009 said it is introducing a plan with download speeds of up to 40 megabits per second and upload speed...