Denver-based Qwest Communications, the third-largest local phone service provider in the country, is getting acquired by CenturyTel, a smaller rural operator, in a $10.6 billion stock swap announced ...

Phone service carrier Qwest Communications International disclosed its plans to re-enter the long-distance market in the aftermath of its merger with Baby Bell US West. Qwest acquired US West last ...

CenturyLink appears to be nearing approval of its purchase of Qwest Communications, with a major Portland competitor dropping its opposition, labor unions signing on and Northwest regulators signaling ...

Since the day it was created, Qwest Communications has been like the scrappy little guy who swings for the fences but doesn’t quite hit a home run. CenturyTel Inc. is buying a company with a checkered ...

DENVER (AP) Former Williams-Sonoma Inc. CEO Edward A. Mueller said Monday he plans to focus on fundamentals, especially customer service, as the new head of Qwest Communications International ...

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CenturyTel Inc., the country's fifth-largest local phone company, plans to buy the third-largest, Qwest Communications International Inc., in a stock deal worth more than $10 billion so the companies ...

Although its multibillion-dollar offer for MCI Inc. has been rejected a second time, Qwest Communications International Inc. isn't likely to be content to simply stay home in the Rockies. The Qwest ...

Sidelined in the merger game since its failed bid for MCI a year ago, the smallest of the Baby Bell phone companies is again confronting questions about whether it needs to make an acquisition, be ...

Freed from regulatory constraints stemming from its merger with U.S. West in 2000, Qwest Communications is now offering a full suite of business-class IP services in the 14 Western states where the ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Qwest Communications said Friday that its own survey of MCI Inc. shareholders shows that a majority favor its buyout offer over a lower proposal from Verizon Communications.