International Business News - verizon 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 Verizon Communications Inc. shares fell along with the rest of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday, hitting a two-year low, as a jittery credit market further darkened the investing mood. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/verizon-hits-2-year-low-as-market-heads-down.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:20:19 EDT Verizon Wireless says it is moving forward with plans to acquire Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, although the country's financial climate has worsened since the companies reached an agreement four months ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/verizon-says-28-1b-buyout-of-alltel-on-track.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:14:53 EDT Verizon Wireless says it is moving forward with plans to acquire Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, although the country's financial climate has worsened since the companies reached an agreement four months ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/verizon-says-28-1b-buyout-of-alltel-on-track.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:42:05 EDT New York regulators have raised the possibility of banning Verizon Communications Inc. from installing its fiber-optic FiOS service in New York City until the company makes sure it's doing enough to provide electrical grounding for its equipment in homes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/ny-regulators-get-tough-on-verizon-fios-installs.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:42:25 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 Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday raised its regular quarterly dividend by 3 cents to 46 cents. The company will pay the dividend on Nov. 3 to shareholders of record Oct. 10. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/verizon-boosts-regular-dividend-by-3-cents.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:37:09 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. and Yahoo Inc. Wednesday said they had agreed to extend the deal that provides Verizon's Internet subscribers with a Yahoo Web portal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/verizon-extends-internet-portal-deal-with-yahoo.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:56 EDT Patent holding company Klausner Technologies Inc. has sued Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics Inc. for infringement of a patent on the visual listing of voicemail. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/verizon-and-lg-sued-over-visual-voicemail-patent.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:56:04 EDT Little Rock will get a regional headquarters with about 100 employees when Verizon Wireless completes its purchase of Alltel Corp., and Verizon may expand a call center already in the city, Verizon's chief executive said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/verizon-ceo-sees-alltel-regional-hq-job-losses.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:02:00 EDT Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/starz-ending-vongo-movie-service-for-starz-play.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:28:15 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing 65,000 workers who had threatened to strike within hours agreed Sunday on a new three-year contract that provides 10.5 percent wage increases and changes in retirement benefits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080811/verizon-2-unions-agree-on-new-3-year-contact.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:29:26 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing 65,000 workers who had threatened to strike within hours agreed Sunday on a new three-year contract that provides 10.5 percent wage increases and changes in retirement benefits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/verizon-unions-debate-contracts-as-deadline-looms.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:30:11 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing 65,000 workers are still talking contracts, one day ahead of a deadline for a possible strike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080809/verizon-unions-debate-contracts-as-deadline-looms.htm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:31:44 EDT Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. have set a Sunday night deadline for contract talks, saying a strike is possible next week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/unions-set-weekend-deadline-for-verizon-talks.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:40:07 EDT Verizon Wireless Chief Executive Lowell McAdam is scheduled to speak at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, two months after the company offered to buy Little Rock-based Alltel Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/verizon-wireless-ceo-to-speak-in-arkansas.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:29:16 EDT Federal regulators have approved Verizon Wireless' purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., but are requiring the company to sell overlapping operations in six markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/fcc-approves-verizon-wireless-rural-cellular-deal.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:32:49 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. is back in talks with two unions about new labor contracts for 65,000 workers. The Communications Workers of America, the largest of the unions, said negotiations had resumed Monday morning after ending at 2 a.m. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/verizon-unions-for-65-000-workers-continue-talks.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:56:28 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing some 65,000 of its workers remained in talks after agreeing to "stop the clock" on contracts that were set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/verizon-unions-continue-contract-negotiations.htm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:14:55 EDT Union contracts covering about 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. expire Saturday night, but the threat of a strike appears small. The phone company is in negotiations with the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for new contracts. Members of both unions have authorized a strike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/verizon-labor-deal-to-end-strike-seen-as-unlikely.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:54:56 EDT Verizon Communications Inc. started selling its fiber-optic TV service in New York City on Monday, but it's initially available in limited areas. Verizon said 340,000 of New York's 3 million households can order FiOS TV. It expects to reach 500,000 households by the end of the year, and cover the entire city by 2014. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/verizon-starts-selling-tv-service-in-nyc.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:12:07 EDT