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Frontier Communications Corp.'s (FTR) first-quarter profit rose 80% as the regional telecommunications company posted lower expenses that offset weaker sales.Frontier roughly tripled its size in 2010 after buying nearly five million rural landlines from Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), driving sharp revenue growth for the following year. But in recent quarters, a decline in the number of the company's residential and business subscribers has pressured results.Chief Executive Maggie Wilderotter said the company in the latest period achieved the strongest rate of broadband net additions since its acquisition of the Verizon properties in 2010. It accelerated growth every month in the first quarter as it phased out the Apple Gift Card Promotion and replaced it with bundled price offers for packages and its stand-alone broadband offering, Simply Broadband.She said the company expects revenue improvements in the second quarter and is on track to achieve its goal of reduced net operating exp...
Frontier Communications Corp.'s (FTR) third-quarter profit surged as the regional telecommunications company posted far fewer integration charges, though its custome...
UBS Senior Equity Strategist David Lefkowitz on the sectors with the dividend-paying stocks with the best dividend growth.
Nine stocks dropped to 52-week lows:While trading on below-average volume, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) slipped today, hitting and then dropping past its previous 52-we...
Here are stocks that are down on high volume today:Trading at a volume of 104.3 million, or nine times its average daily volume, American Intl Group (NYSE:AIG) is do...
Adtran CEO Thomas Stanton on the company’s sales and the impact of the AT&T/T-Mobile deal falling through.
Campbell Soup CEO Denise Morrison and Frontier Communications CEO Maggie Wilderotter discuss how they are managing during challenging economic times.
Frontier Communications CEO Maggie Wilderotter on the challenges for women getting to the top in corporate America.
Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) posted a decline in quarterly revenue after a July rural phone line sale and its profit fell due to a large pension-related sett...
Paychex ( PAYX ) has named Martin Mucci as its new chief executive, marking only the third CEO in the company’s 40-year history.The Rochester, New York-based provide...
Shares of Verizon (NYSE:VZ) edged lower on Thursday despite the mobile phone company's declaration of a 2.6% increase in its quarterly dividend, which marks the four...
Citizens Comm. changes to Frontier Comm.
Looking for stocks with strong signals?Maybe you should make the call on telecommunications stocks. The American addiction to small devices, such as tablet computers...
CenturyLink Inc.'s (CTL) stock fell as much as 21% Thursday to its lowest point in 16 months, after the nation's third-largest landline provider slashed its dividend...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereThe markets were little changed Thursday as traders mulled a slew of corporate headlines and a batch of strong economic data. Howe...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereThe markets sputtered again Thursday as traders digested a slew of corporate news. However, several large telecommunications names...
Bowen Hanes CIO Jay Bowen on how to find dividend-paying stocks overseas to boost investors’ portfolios.
Frontier Communications Corp. (FTR) said Chief Financial Officer Don Shassian will retire in February, and will be replaced at the regional telecommunications compan...
Fear of falling off the fiscal cliff at year-end is prompting numerous companies to declare special dividends, an effort to avoid potential tax increases set to take...
