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AT&T (T)

AT&T Interactive and TED today announced the availability of the official TED2010 Mobile conference app. Developed on AT&T Interactive's Plusmo application development platform, the mobile app offers access to conference information leading up to the event on Feb. 9-13 in Long Beach, Calif.
Tool AT&T has developed should be good add to TED2010.

Feb 9 · 2:08:00 PM · Source: Company Press Release
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by Larry Etter

AT&T (T)

The attorney general for Washington D.C. has filed a lawsuit against an AT&T unit, seeking to recover consumers' unused balances on prepaid calling cards.
The suit claims that AT&T should turn over unused balances on the calling cards of consumers whose last known address was in Washington, D.C. and have not used the calling card for three years.

Dec 31 · 9:14:00 PM · Source: Reuters
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by Michael Oliveto

Verizon (VZ)

The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications, has awarded more than $67.5 million this year to more than 17,000 nonprofit organizations throughout the US.
The majority of giving went to organizations that support education, literacy, domestic violence prevention and Internet safety. This year's grants bring to more than $345 million the total funds the Verizon Foundation has awarded since 2005 to support nonprofit organizations.

Dec 31 · 2:30:00 PM · Source: PR Newswire
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by Michael Oliveto

AT&T (T)

AT&T, with $6.63 billion of debt coming due, may be the biggest beneficiary of the record rally in U.S. corporate bonds in 2009.
Borrowing costs have fallen to almost a five-year low, meaning the Dallas-based phone company and the rest of corporate America with $429 billion of debt maturing are poised to shave $17.4 billion off annual interest expense in 2010, according Moody’s Investors Service and data compiled by Bloomberg.

Dec 31 · 2:08:00 PM · Source: Business Week
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by Michael Oliveto

AT&T (T)

BAF Technologies has received an order to convert 463 Ford E-250 AT&T vans to run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
The order will be fulfilled in the second quarter of 2010, BAF, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., said. “The new orders demonstrate AT&T’s determination to significantly alter its fleet to alternative-fuel vehicles,” said Andrew J. Littlefair, Clean Energy President & CEO.

Dec 29 · 3:40:00 PM · Source: Fleet Owner
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by Michael Oliveto