International Business News - FRP http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif FairPoint Communications Inc. will provide broadband services to all of its customers in communities served by 51 telephone exchanges across the state by the end of 2010, company officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/fairpoint-outlines-vt-broadband-expansion-plan.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:21:40 EDT Shares of telecommunications carriers were up Friday as the broader market rallied and an analyst said the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers held little risk for the sector. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/sector-snap-telecom-debt-largely-safe-_-analyst.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:47 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. has pushed back the "cutover date" when it assumes full responsibility of the northern New England landline phone and Internet network it bought from Verizon Communications Inc. this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/fairpoint-delays-cutover-date-for-verizon-network.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:05:01 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25.75 cents per share. The provider of communications services said the dividend is payable Oct. 17 to shareholders of record Sept. 30. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/fairpoint-communications-sets-25-75-cent-dividend.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:34:49 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc., a phone company based in Charlotte, N.C., said Thursday it has named Alfred C. Giammarino executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/fairpoint-names-alfred-giammarino-cfo.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:27:24 EDT Shares of FairPoint Communications Inc. rose sharply Friday, a day after the telecom carrier reported its second-quarter results. Shares gained $1.05, or 17.5 percent, to $7.06 in afternoon trading. The stock has ranged from $5.95 to $19.83 over the past year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/fairpoint-shares-rise-on-strong-2q-earnings.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:50:27 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. has hired computer networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. to help expand broadband Internet access across northern New England. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/cisco-to-assist-fairpoint-in-northern-new-england.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:55:31 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. is urging people and businesses who lost phone service because of New Hampshire's severe storms Thursday to use an alternate phone to report the outage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/fairpoint-urging-people-to-report-outages-in-n-h.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:27:25 EDT The finance chief of FairPoint Communications Inc. is resigning to join Financial Markets International, a law and economics consulting firm, the telecom said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/fairpoint-communications-finance-chief-resigns.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:09:45 EDT FairPoint Communications has met its hiring goal of 280 new workers in Maine, and the company expects that figure to grow by year's end. FairPoint originally said it would hire 125 workers apiece in Portland and in Bangor, with another 30 jobs scattered across the state. But the company now says the total number will climb to approximately 400 as the hiring process continues through the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/fairpoint-plans-to-exceed-hiring-goals-in-maine.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:18:19 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, June 19, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of FairPoint Communications Inc. climbed Thursday, recovering from the decline posted the day before after the company said it will delay a cutover related to its recent acquisition of Verizon's landline operations in three states. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/movers-roundup-fairpoint-boeing.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:27:47 EDT Shares of FairPoint Communications Inc. climbed Thursday, recovering from the decline posted the day before after the company said it will delay a cutover related to its recent acquisition of Verizon's landline operations in three states. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/fairpoint-shares-recover-from-wednesdays-decline.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:57:47 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. said Tuesday that it will delay a cutover related to its recent acquisition of Verizon Communications' landline operations in three New England states. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/fairpoint-delays-cutover-in-verizon-deal.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:59:33 EDT The Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index rose at midday Monday as markets were lifted by renewed talks between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. and a report of leading economic indicators that showed the economy is likely still growing, albeit slowly. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/s-p-smallcap-600-in-focus-scsc-xrit.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 12:52:50 EDT Among the earnings stories for Friday, May 16, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/earnings-roundup-british-airways-abercrombie.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 14:29:39 EDT Telecom carrier FairPoint Communications Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit fell 34 percent, weighed down by some one-time customer credits and increased competition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/fairpoint-1q-profit-drops-on-increased-competition.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:40:34 EDT Noting that Fairpoint's shares have lost more than a quarter of their value since the telecom carrier bought Verizon's northern New England wireline and Internet assets on March 31, an analyst said... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/soleil-fairpoint-sell-off-to-end-soon.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:06:51 EDT Shares of FairPoint Communications Inc. tumbled Monday after the phone company closed its acquisition of Verizon's landline and Internet assets in northern New England in a $2.3 billion deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/fairpoint-shares-tumble.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:26:24 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. on Monday became northern New England's biggest phone company after an eleventh-hour regulatory tussle over the weekend. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/fairpoint-takes-over-in-new-england.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:47:40 EDT FairPoint Communications Inc. has closed its purchase of Verizon Communications Inc.'s land line and Internet operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/fairpoint-completes-verizon-deal.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:39:54 EDT