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 I know it is illegal to sell ur kidney in the US but if U R desperate 4 cash must B someplace N this world?
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 Please suggest topics relating to corporate policy?
I am a business studies student and is required to write a thesis but have not been given a topic. please help me....


 Could this company be fraud?
Recently I was approached to purchase online rights to a website that offers discounts on flights and hotel stays? has anyone heard of such a thing? The company was called Fun for Life? ------you ...


 About how many employees work at a Wal-Mart Supercenter? I just need to know about how many total employees?
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 Can a former company pretend I still work there? They are even signing emails as if I do, with my name.?
I was recently laid-off for the reason of out-sourcing. I found out the company has not our-sourced and are continuing to internally do my job (just without me). Furthermore, they are pretending ...


 I got a letter from Global-Link Sweepstakes I was wandering if anyone knows of it is for real yet?

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they sent a check for 2,000 dollars with the ...


 Is this an example of a hostile work environment?
At work, Patty doesn't like Dana
1. Patty is really upbeat and friendly, but with Dana she's sullen and short.

2. Patty keeps a running journal of all of Dana's ...


 Calculation of profits?
How does an enterprise, a corporation, or an entity related to business, production, and/or finances calculate the margin of profit that would be reasonable to establish on a certain product?
A...


 When ordering a product with a debit card over the phone what all the company needs to know?
I was told to give card #, full name, expiration date, zip code, and 3 # from the back of the card...is this what they need to know?...


 Do you believe that senior management are committed to the development of staff?
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 Direct debit- is a company required to tell you when it is to start?
Im arguing with my credit card issuers as i set up a direct debit 2 pay them but they didnt tell me when it was going 2 start leading me 2 end up with a £40 bank charge for going overdrawn when they ...


 Does anyone know how to impress employers?
I am going in to the Apple Store for a group interview and am looking for some tips to ensure that I get the job....


 How do I make a co-worker disappear, that I despise working with?
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 I want to own a mcdonald's or another fast food chain's franchise in near future.?
since i dont have thousands's of dollars, will it help if i start as an hourly employee at one of these joints ? i have heard mcdonalds has some program under which they help employees own their ...


 How does NASDAQ make money?
Is NASDAQ a for-profit entity? How do they generate revenue? Do brokerages pay fees in order to conduct trades on the exchange?...


 How Do I Get to use a copyrighted picture from a major company?
I want to use the Road Runner (cartoon) as part of a logo for a new company I am starting. How do I do this?
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Its the ROAD RUNNER cartoon from Looney Toons. Owned by T...


 If U.S.A. is so clever at making money-then why are all their car producers losing money unlike the Japanese?
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 Does n e body know of any good paydayloan companies????
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 Is it appropriate for a CEO to have a 'Personal Assistant' paid by the company?
A Personal Assistant doing very personal errands like picking up the kids, doing personal shopping, managing maintenance for her home etc...is this a non-exempt or exempt employee?...


 What would YOU do for walmart?
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jblggs
Question about AT&T and Cingular history?
I am doing a reserch paper for school and was looking for some information on when AT&T was bought by Cingular. Specially, how did AT&T go from having to sell their company to Cingular to having enough money to buy back their comapny in five short months. How where they able to generate so much money in a short time period? If anyone has can provide me with links to information on this case it would much apprecaited.
                     
 




Dionannan
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It is all a paper game.
Both AT&T and Cingular are now owned by Windstream.


Gehorchen sie dem Schnauzer
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Go with "Rush is a Band"
Cingular who is owned by SBC who also owns YAHOO. AT&T Wireless which was seprate company from AT&T was bought by Cingular.


laxbabe924
Look at the AT&T website. I work at at&t and we didn't "have to sell our company," Cingular made an offer and it helped us a great deal. We got much better technology and service because of the merger.. the latest Cingular to at&t change is honestly just a name change. Nothing else in the company is different. Google it or something, I'm sure you'll find a ton of info.. just be careful it's not opinions instead of fact.


Ron
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There is no easy answer to your question. You will have to go to a financial website (Reuters, money.cnn.com, even Wall Street Journal). If you search on the company name or symbol, you can navigate to company news or press releases.

From the surface, the purchase of ATT by Cingular was done sometime in 2003 and only recently did they announce Cingular wireless is now ATT. I believe it was only done as a re-branding - better linkage to the iPhone and Apple. I found a good article on Reuters...here's the link...

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2024193020070521

Ron, ChFC
Investment Advisor


Rush is a band
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None of the answers are truly correct. AT&T got into the wireless game by buying McCaw cellular in the early to mid 1990's. AT&T Wireless was spun off of AT&T. AT&T wireless was sold to Cingular (which was a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth).

SBC purchased AT&T and renamed the combined company AT&T. Then AT&T purchased BellSouth and thus owned all the pieces of Cingular (formerly AT&T Wireless).

They didn't sell the company and buy it back 5 months later.

I hate to do the wiki thing in my sources, but the info is all there!


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