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Even amid rebound, tech-stock index still at half its peak 10 years after the tech bubble The Denver Post By Aldo Svaldi  March 10, 2010 Investment adviser Kenneth James still remembers clients who called in 2000 asking him to get them in on the "lottery-style" gains their neighbors and friends boasted about

Qwest expanding high-speed Internet through Phoenix, Tucson Phoenix Business Journal March 8, 2010 Qwest Communications International Inc. is expanding its newest version of high-speed Internet to areas of the Phoenix and Tucson metros, the company announced Monday

Nearly $1B in Qwest notes tendered by early deadline Denver Business Journal March 10, 2010 Qwest Communications International Inc. said Wednesday that $959.9 million in notes were tendered by Tuesday's early-participation deadline in a $1.2 billion tender offer announced Feb. 24

Qwest GC Favors Innovative Communication The National Law Journal by Richard Acello March 02, 2010 ON A QWEST Rich Baer is chief legal officer at Denver-based Qwest Communications International, the nation's third-largest telecommunications company

NSA threatened Qwest CEO with repercussions if he didn’t cut a surveillance deal Online Journal By Wayne Madsen, Online Journal Contributing Writer March 2, 2010 (WMR) WMR has learned from sources who worked in senior positions for the telecommunications company Qwest that its former chairman and CEO, Joseph Nacchio, was threatened with retaliation

Telecom giant says rural company milking federal regulations Scripps News By Steve Alexander, Minneapolis Star Tribune March 3, 2010 Is a free chat room for singles a bargain for romance or a telecom scheme to bilk Qwest?

One of Qwest's video bets may be struggling to get streaming By Andy Vuong The Denver Post March 4, 2010 During a keynote speech in December, Qwest then-executive vice president Neil Cox boasted about a strategy of delivering movies, shows and other video content to television sets over the broader Internet 

UPDATE 2-Qwest aims to cut debt 25 pct in next 12 months Sees improving debt/EBITDA ratio in 2010, 2011 Reuters Sinead Carew February 25, 2010 NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) Telecommunications carrier Qwest Communications International Inc (Q.N) said on Thursday it expected to reduce its debt by $3.5 billion, or 25 percent, over the next 12 months

Qwest a ZillionTV investor The Denver Post February 25, 2010 Qwest said Wednesday that last year it made a "very small, or immaterial, investment" in ZillionTV, a startup developing Internet-based video-on- demand service

Fiber-optic connections help grow cellular bandwidth The Denver Post Andy Vuong February 25, 2010 Pieter Poll's 13-year-old son used nearly 340 megabytes of data on his Motorola Droid smart phone last month, about 70 times more than Poll's wife consumed on her BlackBerry

Market Report -- In Play (Q) MSN Money February 24, 2010 8:01 AM ET Qwest and Qwest Capital Funding announce cash tender offer by Qwest Capital Funding

Quietly, Qwest invests in other people’s techDenverBusiness JournalGreg Avery February 24, 2010 Qwest stopped putting money into its Internet-delivered video after CEO Ed Mueller arrived in mid-2007, so it may surprise some that the Denver-based telecom invests in other company’s Internet video technology

Lawsuit: Free chats cost Qwest a bundle The regional telecom giant alleges that a rural phone company is offering Minnesota phone numbers to milk access fees from Qwest Minneapolis Star Tribune Steve Alexander February 24, 2010 - 10:43 PM Is a free chat room for singles a bargain for romance or a telecom scheme to bilk Qwest?

Qwest committee approves incentive plan The Denver Post February 23, 2010 The compensation and human-resources committee of Qwest's board of directors has approved an incentive plan for management and senior executives, according to a regulatory filing

State-of-the-Art Technology to Engage Fans in New, Exciting Ways at Target Field Market Watch February 23, 2010 MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) Qwest /quotes/comstock/13*!q/quotes/nls/q (Q 4.48, +0.07, +1.47%) today announced it has signed an exclusive multiyear agreement with the Minnesota Twins to deliver exciting, fan-friendly technology at Target Field. The baseball franchise has named Qwest its Official

Level 3 Should Roll Up The Long Distance Market, Analyst Says Barrons By Eric Savitz February 19, 2010 The time has come for Level 3 (LVLT) to go shopping for additional players in the long-distance telephony business, Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan asserts in a research note today that has stirred up considerable investor interest in the group

Hearings on illegal stock profits slated in Nacchio resentencing The Denver Post February 19, 2010 A federal judge has set a two-day hearing starting April 21 in Denver to determine what former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio gained on company stock he illegally sold based on insider information.

Hearing set in April in Nacchio re-sentencing The Associated Press February 18, 2010 DENVER—A federal judge has set a two-day hearing starting April 21 to determine what former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio gained on stocks he allegedly sold based on insider information

Hearing on Nacchio resentencing Thursday Denver Business Journal February 18, 2010 Lawyers for Joseph Nacchio and federal prosecutors are at a hearing Thursday in federal court in Denver to go over procedures for the resentencing of the convicted former Qwest CEO

Qwest wrings more cash out of down 2009 The Denver Post By Aldo Svaldi February 17, 2010 Qwest squeezed more cash out of its operations last year despite declining revenues from a tough economy and a shrinking number of land-line customers

Linda Alvarado steps down from Qwest board of directors By The Denver Post 02/16/2010 01:00:00 AM MST Updated: 02/16/2010 09:31:31 AM MST Linda Alvarado, a longtime member of Qwest's board of directors, has stepped down