| The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1997 John J. Keller |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| As MCI changes hands, a gadfly buzzes off. (MCI history, corporate philosophy) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T and SBC are holding talks to merge in transaction valued at more than $50 billion; phone deal would be the biggest in history, but there are hurdles. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T bypasses normal suppliers in local-phone race; Telecom giant turns to Bosch, Radix for assistance in wireless project. (Robert Bosch, Radix Technologies) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T chief halts hiring, shifts budget. (Chmn C. Michael Armstrong) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T phone-link plan to come at a high cost. (using wireless technology to connect customers with telephone network) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T plans $9 billion outlay this year to expand its network to new markets; stock falls 7.5% on forecast that short-term profits will be hurt by costs. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T posts big profit drop for 1st quarter. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T revamps its management, eliminating jobs. (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T - SBC merger plans are crumbling; legal hurdles, culture clash bog down negotiations toward $50 billion deal. (SBC Communications) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Leslie Cauley, John J. Keller |
| AT&T-SBC plan is ended by phone call. (merger of SBC Communications and AT&T) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Leslie Cauley, John J. Keller |
| AT&T's board faces many twists and turns in search for new CEO; if directors pick an outsider the company may lose its popular Mr. Inside: Hughes chief in one scenario. (Down to the Wire) (AT&T Vice Chmn John D. Zeglis) (Hughes Electronics' C. Michael Armstrong) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T sets bold new business strategy. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T's new chief plans bold agenda; aggressive cost cutting, investments are aimed at bolstering company. (Chmn and CEO C. Michael Armstrong) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T's profit drops 36%, but tops street estimates. (second qtr 1997) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T steps up fight for local markets; wireless network system aimed at Baby Bells will undergo testing. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T's Walter failed to court the one man who counted: Allen; the two never grew close, and CEO began airing his concerns to the board; a new, tougher job search. (John R. Walter, Robert E. Allen) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T's Walter quits after boardroom rebuff. (President John R. Walter resigns) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T's Zeglis leads race for CEO post. (John D. Zeglis, vice chmn) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| AT&T unveils new wireless system linking home phones to its network. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| BT cuts purchase price for MCI by $5 billion. (British Telecommunications) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Gautam Naik, John J. Keller |
| BT-MCI merger deal's value reduced. (British Telecommunications, MCI Communications) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, John J. Keller |
| Cable & Wireless weighs bid for Sprint; British concern has been in talks to win support to form a global giant. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| Coy telecom giant woos AT&T's customers. (MCI) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| FCC to unveil long-awaited plans for two auctions of airwave licences. (Government Activity) | Business, general | John J. Keller, Brian Gruley |
| GTE agrees to buy BBN for $616 million. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| GTE planning to buy BBN, Internet pioneer. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| How AT&T directors decided its was time for change at the top; Hughes' Armstrong is CEO and Zeglis is President; Allen is very lame duck: losing the faith of a friend. (C. Michael Armstrong, John D. Zeglis) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| Lucent, in big expansion move, opens network-management center for clients. (Lucent Technologies) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| Lucent, Philips to produce phones jointly; Dutch Electronics concern to control 60% of unit with $2.5 billion in sales. (Lucent Technologies merger with Philips Electronics) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| MCI, British Telecom shares tumble after projection of local-market losses. (MCI, BT merger) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | Gautam Naik, John J. Keller |
| MCI widens local-market loss estimate. (MCI Communications) (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| SBC reveals huge cost of PacTel merger; telecom firm to write off as much as $2.3 billion in consolidation effort. (Company Financial Information) | Business, general | John J. Keller, Bryan Gruley |
| The battle for MCI takes another twist: now it's GTE's turn; a $28 billion all-cash bid from an unlikely source raises many possibilities: underestimating Mr. Lee. (GTE Chmn Charles R. Lee) (Party Line) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, John J. Keller |
| Who is John Zeglis and why is a lawyer on AT&T's short list? (AT&T Vice Chmn and Operating Chief John D. Zeglis, the company's former legal counsel, is leading inside candidate for chmn and CEO) (Company Operations) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| Wireless security seems a long way down the line; researchers find serious flaw in encryption software for digital signals. (Technology Information) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| WorldCom bid leaves MCI few options: sweeter terms than BT's make unsolicited offer hard to resist. (British Telecommunications) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | John J. Keller |
| WorldCom boosts MCI bid to $36 billion; takeover battle heats up, as GTE studies ways to counter new offer. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, John J. Keller |
| WorldCom, MCI deal could rewrite script for a new phone era; Ebbers wins bidding war with $37 billion offer; BT exits with big gain; madcap Manhattan weekend. (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, John J. Keller |
| WorldCom's MCI bid alters playing field for telecom industry; a $30 billion surprise offer would create a titan in long distance, Internet; BT officials 'don't live here.' (British Telecommunications) (Ring Leader) (Company Business and Marketing) | Business, general | Steven Lipin, John J. Keller |
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