November 11, 2011—For months now, we've kept thinking that we won't be able to write about Qwest Communications for much longer. Indeed, back in March, shortly after the $12.2 billion deal with CenturyLink (CTL) was announced, we bid a bittersweet adieu, after ...

March 25, 2011—Yesterday, one of the last barriers to the deal between Qwest (Q) and CenturyLink (CTL) disappeared when the Public Utility Commission of Oregon gave their blessing, paving the way for the deal to finally close. And it looks like it will ...

December 23, 2010—We've been waiting -- patiently, which isn't something that we do very well -- for Qwest (Q) to go quietly into that good night following its deal with CenturyTel (CTL) that was announced back in April. The company, which in many ...

August 31, 2010—CenturyLink (CTL) got some attention last week for an 8-K it filed, reporting that shareholders of CenturyLink and Qwest Communications International, Inc. (Q) overwhelmingly approved a merger proposal. But the company also filed a second 8-K, which ...

April 23, 2010—There's something of a bond between Qwest Communications (Q) and footnoted. In 2002, my experience as an investor in Qwest prompted me to write Financial Fine Print and the company has been a frequent flyer here on the site, appearing in

February 18, 2009—While some companies seem to be curtailing their use of the corporate jet over concerns over how that might look, footnoted frequent flyer Qwest (Q) just signed another agreement with CEO Ed Mueller to let him continue using the company's two planes for the ...

April 4, 2008—Anyone who checks Zillow.com on a regular basis knows that real estate values are falling pretty quickly. But the proxy that footnoted frequent flyer Qwest (Q) filed earlier today almost defies logic. In 2007, footnoted readers voted on ...

February 13, 2008—Sometimes, it almost seems too easy to pick on Qwest (Q). The company has long had a special place in my heart, dating back to my book when I dissected their Ks and Qs from the earlier part of this decade. So I couldn't resist when I caught ...