International Business News - Qwest 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 Qwest Communications International Inc. union workers in Montana have ratified a new contract. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 206 said Tuesday that about 81 percent of voting members ratified the contract, which is closely modeled after a four-year pact the Communications Workers of America ratified earlier this month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/qwest-union-workers-in-montana-ratify-new-contract.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:00:15 EST Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Oct. 29, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/earnings-roundup-qwest-beckman-coulter.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:52:54 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. expects its earnings to fall by about 2 percent this year as revenues fall by about 2.5 percent. In reporting third-quarter results Wednesday, the Denver-based phone company said results for the full year will be at the lower end of its previous forecasts, which called for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and items to fall 1 percent to 2 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/qwest-expects-earnings-at-lower-end-of-forecast.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:44:46 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. posted a profit for its third quarter Wednesday, but said the continued slide of its traditional phone business is forcing it to cut 1,200 jobs, 3 percent of its work force. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/qwest-3q-profit-down-will-cut-1-200-jobs.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:34:27 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. reports third-quarter financial results on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/earnings-preview-struggling-qwest-to-report-3q.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:15:08 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. said Wednesday it received a $60 million contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The 10-year agreement requires the phone company to upgrade the voice and data network connecting the VA's Washington, D.C. headquarters with its nearly 1,300 hospitals, regional offices and other facilities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/qwest-awarded-60-million-va-contract.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:16:42 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149830-qwest-labor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/qwest-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-union.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/qwest-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-union.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:01:40 EDT The largest union at Qwest Communications International Inc. says it plans to resume contract talks with the company on Thursday. The Communications Workers of America says a contract covering roughly 20,000 Qwest workers in 13 states has been extended until the end of the day Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/qwest-union-to-resume-contract-talks-thursday.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:33:25 EDT Members of Qwest Communications' largest union rejected a proposed three-year contract on Tuesday, but there appeared to be no immediate threat of a strike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/union-rejects-qwests-contract-proposal.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:27:20 EDT Judges reviewing the insider trading conviction of former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio focused Thursday on expert witnesses at Nacchio's 2007 trial. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concentrated on whether Nacchio's attorneys should've tried harder to have testimony by one of their expert witnesses admitted at trial. The nine-judge panel did not immediately issue a ruling. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/appeals-court-reviews-ruling-on-former-qwest-ceo.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:31:58 EDT Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to extend an order staying depositions of four former Qwest executives in a civil lawsuit that alleges that actions of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio and others allowed Qwest Communications International Inc. to improperly report revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/us-prosecutors-seek-to-extend-stay-in-qwest-suit.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:08:12 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. on Monday named former XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. executive Joseph J. Euteneuer as executive vice president and chief financial officer to replace John W. Richardson. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/qwest-names-former-xm-executive-euteneuer-cfo.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:19:53 EDT Members of the largest union represented at Qwest Communications International Inc. are receiving ballots to vote on a new contract to replace one that expired last month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/union-workers-voting-on-qwest-contract-offer.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:10:06 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. shuffled the leadership of two sales groups and its products and information technology unit Wednesday, after the leader of the Mass Markets Organization left the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/qwest-changes-leaders-of-sales-group-and-it-unit.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:34:47 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union said Monday they tentatively agreed on a contract, avoiding a strike that could have disrupted both upcoming political conventions. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111201-qwest-labor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/qwest-reaches-labor-agreement-with-2-unions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/qwest-reaches-labor-agreement-with-2-unions.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:42 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union headed back to the bargaining table Sunday for further negotiations after a labor contract expired. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110967-qwest-labor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/qwest-union-keep-talking-as-contract-expires.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/qwest-union-keep-talking-as-contract-expires.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:15:43 EDT The labor contract with the largest union at Qwest Communications International Inc. expires Saturday, little more than a week before the company is to provide phone and Internet service for the Democratic National Convention. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/qwest-union-contract-expires-saturday.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:41:03 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. said Tuesday that its South Dakota president, Larry Toll, will retire, and its Iowa president will add South Dakota to his oversight duties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/qwests-south-dakota-president-to-retire.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:19:05 EDT Among the premarket stories for Monday, Aug. 11, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of Qwest Communications International Inc. rose in premarket trading Monday after a Citi Investment Research analyst upgraded the stock, saying Qwest could report improved sales and top Wall Street's expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/premarket-roundup-qwest-ciena.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:05:05 EDT Shares of Qwest Communications International Inc. rose in premarket trading Monday after a Citi Investment Research analyst upgraded the stock, saying Qwest could report improved sales and top Wall Street's expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/ahead-of-the-bell-qwest-rises-following-upgrade.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:22:17 EDT