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2008-12-05 Home Front Economy

AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Its basic voice lines dropped in large part because it is pushing ip phones over dsl.

Its stock is performing fine while the rest of the market is tanking.

Sounds like just an excuse for more offshoring.

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-05 00:16|| 2008-12-05 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 How many millions of dollars will the company officers and executives get for chopping that many heads?
*Spit*

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-05 09:49|| 2008-12-05 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 International Brotherhood of Communications Workers members. Ironic that the tenure of The One is gonna be historically catastrophic for members of international brotherhoods of whatever, no matter what the gummint tries to do to reverse it...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-12-05 12:20|| 2008-12-05 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 M. Murcek - If I say "tee-hee" does that make me a bad person? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-05 12:30|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-05 12:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Barbara---It is more appropriate to say, Bwahahahahahaha. Looked it up in the Rantburg Book of Ediquette.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-12-05 15:17|| 2008-12-05 15:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Correction: etiquette. It has little to do with ed. No offense to ed.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-12-05 15:18|| 2008-12-05 15:18|| Front Page Top

#7 ION, GUAM K57 RADIO NEWS > FROM JAPAN: OBAMA MAY DELAY GUAM BUILDUP. Seems Obama's diplomatic team/staff has told and agreed wid Japanese officials that the reloc of 8000 US Marines and dependents to Guam is "INFEASIBLE", AND NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AND REEXAMINED???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-05 18:02|| 2008-12-05 18:02|| Front Page Top

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