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BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
TELECOM
Verizon cutting DSL price by $10
The No. 1 Baby Bell is aiming for cable broadband rivals, but may hurt AOL too. The new price, $34.95, is good for new customers and may be extended to current customers in a month. That price is about the same as AOL's dialup service, plus the cost of an extra line, and far cheaper than AOL's $55 broadband service. Verizon rose 2%; AOL fell a bit.
** Cable stocks fell on fears over the Verizon DSL price cuts. Comcast lost 4%, Cox 4% and Cablevision Systems gave up 3%.
Spam coming to cell phones soon
Unwanted commercial pitches, a bane of e-mail users, will make their way to Web-enabled cell phones as the potential audience grows. Telemarketing to cell-phone numbers is illegal, but no laws prohibit spam to e-mail addresses assigned to cell phones. In Japan, where text messaging is popular, ...
- David McDavid Automotive Affirms Ample Financing Availability.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 3, 2008 700+ words
...DALLAS, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- David McDavid Automotive, a subsidiary of Asbury...leases at McDavid's dealerships. "David McDavid Automotive is committed to providing...budget," said Tom McCollum, CEO at David McDavid. "We continue to offer our customers...
- Acquisitions alter retail landscape. (Asbury Automotive Group to buy majority...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Henry, Jim August 4, 1997 700+ words
...deal to buy a majority interest in the David McDavid Auto Group, a Dallas-based company with...Asbury Automotive Group Latest acquisition: David McDavid Auto Group President: David McDavid Annual revenue: More than $500 million...
- David McDavid GM dealership folds: Pontiac-Buick-GMC franchise is market's 2nd...
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...figures are available, the dealership sold 465 vehicles, according to the Freeman Auto Report. In the 1960s and '70s, when David McDavid owned the dealership, it regularly sold several times that amount each year. Mr. McDavid, one of the area's most colorful...
- CHANGING TIMES: David McDavid.
- Magazine article from: Automotive News February 8, 1999 700+ words
Parent company: Asbury Automotive Group New position: CEO, Asbury Automotive of Texas Ltd. Dealerships: David McDavid Auto Group stores in Irving, Dallas, Houston, Lewisville, Plano and Austin, Texas Average monthly sales: 3,000 (2,000 new; 1,000 used)
- Should cell phones be allowed in school? Do cell phones help keep students safe...
- Magazine article from: Know Your World Extra October 19, 2001 700+ words
...Mary Flowers used to hate the idea of cell phones in schools. About ten years ago, she...She said students who could afford cell phones probably used them to deal drugs. Today...time, school rules at Columbine banned cell phones. Still, some students had them. They...
- California Police Find Cell Phones Leading Cause of Driver-Distracted Crashes.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News January 29, 2003 700+ words
...Business News Jan. 29--Talking on cell phones is the leading cause of crashes that...Highway Patrol. "I didn't think cell phones would be the highest category," said...statewide. But the numbers pertaining to cell phones that emerge in the CHP study may only...
- Cell phones and Acinetobacter transmission.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Borer, Abraham Gilad, Jacob Smolyakov, Rozalia Eskira, Seada Peled, Nechama Porat, Nurith Hyam, Eytan Trefler, Ronit Riesenberg, Klaris Schlaeffer, Francisc July 1, 2005 700+ words
...persistently contaminate fomites. Since cell phones are used increasingly by health personnel...MDR Acinetobacter spp. is endemic. Cell phones are used by personnel both for private...from hands of 119 personnel and 124 cell phones were cultured simultaneously for 2 months...
- Comcast Cable's Eastern Division, Cell Phones for Soldiers and ReCellular Team...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 12, 2008 700+ words
Cell Phones for Soldiers to Turn Donated Phones...Division announced a partnership with Cell Phones for Soldiers to make it easier for service...Comcast has collected nearly 300 older cell phones from employees throughout its Eastern...