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Devanchya
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join:2003-12-09
Pickering, ON
 ·Bell Sympatico
| Re: What is coming ? Actually I don't see shareholder Lawsuits being a factor.
Legally the share price is end-date fixed. There is no way for a shareholder to say "The shares are really worth $50, when your buying them back at $47".
In the past, the number one issue with privatization (hate the term EPO used by some) is the on-going dept payments. The court statement that the bonds are worthless cut those short.
The main concern will be the fact the banks involved will want a pretty fast turn-around in profit. Also I wouldn't be surprised if some of the private equity listed ends up back on the Stock Market under a new symbol shortly. | |
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macedon
Jazz me baby
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join:2006-02-12
Canada
clubs:
| Extensive layoffs to middle mgt.
Love that. GodSpeed!
They badly need better cost management, customer service and more Chinese walls...and did i say better management, not just grabbing folks that failed @ Telus and bring them @ Bell
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Interesting... If Canada didn't have strict laws regarding foreign ownership of telecommunications firms, this would probably make BCE a takeover target- look what happened to Alltel, this is not a good time to be stuck with holdings in a debt-privatized company. | |
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new2vdsl
@bell.ca | Re: Interesting... the writing was on the wall when they sold the yellowpages.....nice move sabia... lets see how the pension fund deals with the bell employee pensions...... | |
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macedon
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join:2006-02-12
Canada
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| Re: Interesting... said by new2vdsl :
lets see how the pension fund deals with the bell employee pensions......
what employee pensions?
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"I am the lizard king. I can do anything."
Thats right, playing some old school on my mp3. Do you have problem with that? | |
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BCEisbad
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| Layoffs have already started... Layoffs have already started, they are planning on increasing the service base in india...
some 50 people in ottawa were laid off last week...
more to come of course.
It will only get worse for Bell... but it's to be expected by a company that is so badly run... | |
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Maynard G Krebs
@teksavvy.com
| Re: Layoffs have already started... said by BCEisbad :
It will only get worse for Bell... but it's to be expected by a company that is so badly run...
Maybe they'll outsource their Sympatico division to Teksavvy  | |
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
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join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON
| Re: Layoffs have already started... said by Maynard G Krebs :said by BCEisbad :
It will only get worse for Bell... but it's to be expected by a company that is so badly run...
Maybe they'll outsource their Sympatico division to Teksavvy LOL.... never know!
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join:2008-05-27
Hawkesbury, ON
·Bell Sympatico
| that'll be the day 
I just ran across this story while tracking the throttling issue, and it seems very odd, the timing. Last year they roll out DPI throttling on their Sympatico customers. In March, they rolled out on the indie ISPs. Now, the way I understand trade negotiations (which I admit, isn't a good understanding) they take quite a bit of time from the first, um, thought, or executive office, or however these ideas come to be, to when the last paper is finally signed. Surely, the idea of a deal like this must have taken, say, a year or more? Right about the time they realized the shitstorm they were about to create with their throttling?
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BCE Takeover Solidified
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What is coming ?