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...Drake, however, is not the only influential SBC member with opinions on the topic. When I called Richard Land, head of the denomination's influential Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and its principal Washington strategist, he agreed with Warren. "Rick is having a summit on AIDS, and Barack Obama has said some compelling things about the issue. I work all the time in coalition with people to the right and left of me, when we're in agreement on a specific issue. One of the markers of Evangelicals is the ability to walk and chew gum at the same time...
...weapons violations. In the latest case, he's charged with allegedly paying off two former police officers to access confidential FBI databases and DMV records. Some of the illegally obtained material was later allegedly used to engage in various surveillance operations, with three Pellicano clients, as well as a SBC phone company technician, also facing charges...
...with a sense of foreboding. Especially unnerving was the announcement earlier this month that 130-year-old AT&T, the American former monopoly carrier that not long ago was the oldest, biggest and baddest telecom firm on the planet, was about to be swallowed up by upstart regional player SBC?providing a sobering reminder that in the information age, no institution is too big to fail if it squanders its competitive edge. "Technology is advancing fast," says Shuichi Deguchi, senior manager of NTT's broadband-Internet promotion department. "A complete transformation is required to make sure we stay ahead...
...aggression, and if that means wiping out rivals - and a few investors - not even Trichet can change that. Long Distance Calling Talk about a coming-of-age story. More than 20 years after the U.S. telecom monopoly AT&T was forced to spin off its regional operators, Texas-based SBC Communications - one of the Baby Bells born of that breakup - last week agreed to buy AT&T for $16 billion. One possible reason: building international business. AT&T has pulled together a network of lucrative and loyal international business clients, points out Tim Dillon, principal analyst of European telecom services...
...guide, investors should be running for cover. A couple of months ago, Kmart and Sears got engaged. Then Nextel and Sprint announced their $35 billion wedding. Johnson & Johnson is buying Guidant, a maker of medical devices, for $24 billion. Two of the splashiest deals came last week: SBC, the Baby Bell based in San Antonio, Texas, looked poised to swallow its former parent, AT&T, in a deal that could top $15 billion. Then Procter & Gamble said it would acquire Gillette for $57 billion, forging a consumer-products giant with brands ranging from Gillette's Right Guard deodorant and Mach3...