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CenturyLink’s execs are paid to stay…

Tuesday, August 31st, 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 received no real attention, even though it involves more than $10.2 million of shareholders’ money. That filing disclosed that CenturyLink (formerly [...]

Time to hang up on Qwest?

Friday, April 23rd, 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 more posts over the years than any other company. So when CenturyTel (CTL) and [...]

Qwest’s Mueller still flying high…

Wednesday, February 18th, 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 next two years. The agreement, which was included in the 10K [...]

Qwest loses in Bay Area real estate market…

Friday, April 4th, 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 Qwest as the worst footnote in 2007. In the proxy, which was filed shortly after the company [...]

Qwest’s wrong numbers…

Wednesday, February 13th, 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 the 10-K that Qwest filed late yesterday. [...]