---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <8F2907E1-8CAA-4277-A7DA-92D9FBC425C6@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:30:26 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: An Entrepreneur Builds a Business Selling Old Phones An Entrepreneur Builds a Business Selling Old Phones Eager collectors and big buyers like Hollywood keep Oldphoneworks.com ringing up sales By Bonnie Miller Rubin When Don Woodbury opened a cellphone store in 2001, he included a few old phones as part of the decor, reflecting the historic district where the business was located. Soon customers were asking to purchase the vintage models. "They'd just come up to me and say, 'I want one of those.' It didn't take me long to realize that there was a good internet market for this stuff," Mr. Woodbury says. https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-entrepreneur-builds-a-business-selling-old-phones-1511752141 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171127173136.GA7158@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:31:36 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Should you get rid of Centurylink now? Similar to wise buying decisions, exiting certain underperformers at the right time helps maximize portfolio returns. Selling off losers can be difficult, but if both the share price and estimates are falling, it could be time to get rid of the security before more losses hit your portfolio. One such stock that you may want to consider dropping is CenturyLink, Inc. CTL, which has witnessed a significant price decline in the past four weeks, and it has seen negative earnings estimate revisions for the current quarter and the current year. A Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) further confirms weakness in CTL. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rid-centurylink-ctl-now-133601554.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171127173542.GA11677@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:35:42 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Legal experts say Trump is free to meddle in AT&T merger By Josh Kosman Conspiracy theories are raging that President Trump played a role in blocking AT&T's merger with Time Warner - but even if they're true, it might not matter to a judge. That's according to legal experts, who say it will be an uphill climb for AT&T to use White House interference as an effective argument for defending its $85 billion tie-up with the media giant that owns CNN. https://nypost.com/2017/11/27/att-struggles-to-blame-trump-for-blocking-merger -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171127174213.GA16797@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:42:13 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: How AT&T could become a uniquely powerful company By Brian Fung - The Washington Post The future of AT&T could be shaped by two big decisions in Washington last week, with the Justice Department suing the telecom giant on Monday to block its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner and the Federal Communications Commission announcing a plan Tuesday to roll back net neutrality rules, handing a big win to Internet providers. Some analysts said the combined actions could deliver a double-victory for AT&T. If it wins its antitrust case against the DOJ, AT&T could buy Time Warner without offering any concessions to the government. It could then benefit from the repeal of the government's net neutrality rules, allowing it to leverage Time Warner's massive library of shows, television stations and films like few other companies. http://www.theledger.com/news/20171126/how-atampt-could-become-uniquely-powerful-company -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 28 Nov 2017