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CenturyLink

    CenturyLink, Inc. is a global broadband and telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana.

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    com Inc. (AMZN) has set a torrid hiring pace in recent months, accelerating a rate of employee acquisitions that was already well ahead of most large corporations.The sharp influx could leave the Internet retail giant well positioned for future opportunities--or possibly overextended, analysts say.Amazon recently reported that it loaded up on nearly 28,000 new employees in the past year or so, a 73% increase that brought its total headcount to 65,600 as of the end of March. That annual increase is the largest the Seattle-based company has reported stretching back more than a decade.It also capped what has been a breathtaking run of hiring over the span of the past few years. Amazon's more-than-three-fold increase in headcount between 2007 and last year placed it sixth among companies in the S&P 500 index in terms of employee growth rate.Some companies ahead of Amazon on the list, including telecom firm CenturyLink Inc. (CTL), expanded in part thanks to large, multibillion-dollar...

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    1. CenturyLink Unit Offers To Pay Up To $1.25 Billion To Buy Back Debt

      DOW JONES NEWSWIRESA subsidiary of CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) is offering to pay up to $1.25 billion to repurchase a portion of its outstanding debt, adding the telecom ...

    2. CenturyLink's 4Q Profit Falls 52% On Write-Downs

      DOW JONES NEWSWIRESCenturyLink Inc.'s (CTL) fourth-quarter earnings fell 52% on acquisition-related write-downs and as the telecom company's posted a modest revenue ...

    3. CenturyLink Earnings Drop In Fourth Quarter

      CenturyLink Inc. reported a drop in earnings for the fourth quarter, with operating revenues roughly in line with Wall Street's forecast. For the quarter ended Dec. ...

    4. Basement Brawl: Rams Rumble into Seahawks’ Nest

      The NFL’s Week 14 finale is an NFC West basement matchup as the St. Louis Rams (2-10) head North to take on the Seattle Seahawks (5-7) in CenturyLink Stadium.The Ram...

    5. Al Lewis: Poverty Isn't Just a Game

      You've lost your job. You've lost your house. You're down to your last $1,000. Can you make it through the month?Jenny Nicholson is tired of hearing how the poor are...

    6. Work-Release Would Free Caged Executive Talent

      He's 64 years old. He's a convicted felon with a shaved head. He's locked up in prison. And even with the nation's unemployment rate at 9.1%, he can still find a job...

    7. CenturyLink Customers to Have Access to Verizon Devices

      CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to offer its residential and small business customers Verizon's equipment and service plans.Under the term...

    8. Qwest revenue falls, CenturyLink helped by Embarq

      NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. phone carrier Qwest Communications reported lower quarterly revenue Wednesday as a tough economy prompted more customers to disconnect thei...

    9. Qwest revenue falls as more customers disconnect

      NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qwest Communications reported lower quarterly revenue on Wednesday as a tough economy prompted more customers to disconnect their landlines.Whil...

    10. Philip Morris 1Q Earnings

      Philip Morris 1Q EPS 0.90 Misses Estimates PepsiCo 1Q EPS Beats Estimate by 0.14 Qwest, CenturyTel Announce Merger

    11. President Obama coming to Wall Street

      Pres. Obama coming to Wall Street. Qwest and Centurytel Merging. Target to sell Amazons Kindle.

    12. Centurytel and Qwest Agree to Merge

      Centurytel and Qwest agree to $10.6 billion stock swap.

    1. Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, CenturyTel Among Stocks Up on High Volume Thursday

      Here are stocks that are up on high volume:Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance (NASDAQ:ULTA) is seeing its price rise on above-normal volume today, as 2.6 million share...

    2. CenturyLink 1Q Net Slips 5.2%; Lifts Full-Year Profit View

      CenturyLink Inc.'s (CTL) first-quarter earnings fell 5.2% as higher operating expenses masked the telecom company's revenue growth.The company raised its full-year e...

    3. Warren Buffett Opens Meeting With Spoof Movie

      OMAHA, Neb. -- Warren Buffett kicked off Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting on Saturday with a movie that spoofed his secretary Debbie Bosanek's new-fo...

    4. DOJ: $44 Million Returned To Victims Of Qwest Stock Fraud

      The Justice Department said it returned about $44 million to shareholders who lost money during former Qwest Communications International Inc. Chief Executive Joseph...

    5. Protesters Target Buffett Meeting To Air Burlington Concerns

      Take a deep breath, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders: the diesel-exhaust protest is pulling into Nebraska from California, hauling a man-sized asthma inhaler.The tens...

    6. Pursche: Google is a Good Long-Term Play

      Gary Goldberg Financial Services president Oliver Pursche on where to invest in today's market.

    7. CenturyLink's Qwest Offers To Repurchase $500 Million Of Debt

      DOW JONES NEWSWIRESCenturyLink Inc. (CTL) subsidiary Qwest Corp. is offering to repurchase as much as $500 million in two series of debt coming due in 2015 and 2016,...

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