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Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing
From: Dorn Hetzel <dorn () hetzel org>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:26:10 -0400
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
----- Original Message -----From: "William Allen Simpson" <william.allen.simpson () gmail com>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-04-11/level-3-agrees-to-acquire-global-crossing-in-deal-valued-at-1-9-billion.htmlThe deal will combine two unprofitable companies with total revenue of $6.26 billion as of last year, and cut annualized capital spending by about $40 million, according to the statement. It will also help reduce the pressure on prices, which have declined by as much as 30 percent a year in the industry, said Donna Jaegers, an analyst at DA Davidson & Co.Let me see if I have that straight. We're *admitting* in public that the result will be to make prices go up for customers? Wow... Justice is going to have a field day with that. Cheers, -- jra Well, maybe they're just admitting it will slow the rate at which prices go
down :)
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- Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing David Coulson (Apr 11)
- Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing Dorn Hetzel (Apr 11)
- Re: Level 3 Agrees to Purchase Global Crossing Jay Ashworth (Apr 11)
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