Court case renews debate on US 'Open Internet' rules
Debate is back on in Washington on US regulations on "net neutrality" which bar Internet broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against services or content.
Internet
Sep 15, 2013
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Verizon plans $25 bn debt offering: source
Verizon plans a record $25 billion debt offering as it gathers financing to buy Vodafone's stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Telecom
Sep 5, 2013
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Vodafone in talks to sell Verizon Wireless stake (Update 2)
Britain's Vodafone PLC, one of the world's largest cellphone companies, said Thursday that it was talking to Verizon Communications about selling its stake in Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 mobile carrier in the U.S.
Telecom
Aug 29, 2013
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Email 'phishing' attacks by hackers growing in number, intensity
At least 2 million people received the email May 16 notifying them that an order they had just made on "Wallmart's" website was being processed, though none of them had done any such thing.
Internet
Jul 30, 2013
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Secret court OKs continued US phone surveillance
(AP)—A secret U.S. intelligence court renewed an order Friday to continue forcing Verizon Communications to turn over hundreds of millions of telephone records to the government each day in its search for foreign terror ...
Internet
Jul 21, 2013
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Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother'? (Update)
With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials.
Internet
Jun 7, 2013
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Verizon rakes in wireless fees in 1Q
Verizon says its profit rose 16 percent in the latest quarter as revenue from wireless service kept rising at a rate that's the envy of the industry.
Business
Apr 18, 2013
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Verizon Communications 4Q loss widens
Verizon Communications' fourth-quarter loss widened, dragged down by restructuring, pension and Superstorm Sandy costs. The company activated a record number of new devices on its contract-based plans during the period.
Business
Jan 22, 2013
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Verizon retirees sue to stop transfer of pensions
(AP)—Verizon retirees are suing the phone company because it's planning to transfer the responsibility to pay their pensions to an insurance company, where they will have fewer legal protections.
Business
Nov 29, 2012
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Verizon says Sandy effects could be 'significant'
(AP)—Verizon says the effects of Superstorm Sandy on its fourth-quarter earnings could be "significant."
Business
Nov 2, 2012
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