Carlyle Group , the District-based private-equity firm, suffered a new setback yesterday when one of its investments, a Hawaiian provider of local and long-distance telephone service, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors. Carlyle had put $425 ...
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The Jackson County Commission has agreed to settle a claim for 75 percent of the overcharges from its long-distance telephone service. Carl Overton of Telecom Audit Group addressed the commission during Monday's meeting. Telecom was hired by the ...
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In April 2007 I noted on my Verizon statement a "monthly minimum service" charge of $2 (plus taxes and surcharges) because I do not have long-distance service on my home phone. Thus, not only was I to pay for a service I do not receive but, also, to ...
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Microsoft has had an easy time in the browser market since the company drubbed its rival Netscape in the late 1990s. It hasn’t felt the need to update its venerable Internet Explorer (IE) Version 6 browser since 2001 — a lifetime in software ...
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What: An Evening with David Byrne "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno." When: Tuesday 8 p.m. Where: North Charleston Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive. Cost: $46 and $36, plus applicable service fees. Tickets: At the coliseum advance ticket ...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT ), provider of 8x8 Virtual Office and Packet8 ( http://www.packet8.net ) broadband business, residential, video and mobile communications services, today announced it has ...
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMBARQ (NYSE: EQ) announced today that company executives will participate in the 35th Annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference. The scheduled start time is 1:30 PM EST Dec. 10, 2008 at ...
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