The Federal Communications Commission has approved Centurytel's CTL acquisition of Embarq EQ, clearing the last hurdle in front of the deal. The firms will officially unite July 1 under the name CenturyLink. The FCC approval required only modest concessions, in our view, requiring the firm to ... Improved phone customer losses and Internet access customer gains were the highlights of the third-quarter results of Centurytel CTL (now doing business as CenturyLink). The firm's income statement included numerous one-time items and distortion from the Embarq acquisition, but it appears the firm ... Centurytel CTL (now doing business as CenturyLink) continued to improve phone customer losses during the fourth quarter, two quarters into the Embarq acquisition. Management cited steady improvement in urban Embarq markets, but the firm remains in the toughest competitive position of the small ... Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to CenturyLink's Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session, and instructions will be given at that time. As a reminder, this conference call ... After reviewing Centurytel's CTL and Embarq's EQ third-quarter results and looking at the proposed merger, we are leaving our fair value estimates unchanged. As we said in our initial note on the merger, the ratio of Centurytel shares into which Embarq shares will convert is nearly identical to ... Both Centurytel CTL and Embarq EQ reported fourth-quarter results that were roughly in line with our expectations. The firms' merger plans also remain on track, with an expected close sometime in the second quarter of 2009. We don't plan to change our fair value estimates for the firms. Centurytel ... Centurytel CTL and Embarq EQ have agreed to merge, with Embarq shareholders receiving 1.37 Centurytel shares for each Embarq share held. This ratio is nearly identical to what our fair value estimates imply, meaning the deal terms won't affect our assessment of the stocks directly. We will, ... Centurytel CTL and Embarq EQ both generated solid cash flow and repaid large chunks of debt despite declining revenue in what is likely to be their final full quarter as individual firms. Only five of 33 states and the Federal Communications Commission remain to approve their merger, completion is ... Both Centurytel CTL and Embarq EQ shareholders have approved the merger agreement, and the deal appears on track to close over the next few months. We were also pleased to see Centurytel shareholders approve the elimination of a provision that gave 10 votes per share to certain long-tenured ... Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to CenturyLink s First Quarter 2010 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session, and instructions will be given at that time. (Operator Instructions). As a ...