BellSouth Corporation

The one bit of info Google withholds: How it works

2006-05-22 00:00:00

Google Inc. evolved from a tiny start-up to the shining star of American enterprise in less than a decade by bringing knowledge to billions of people. There's still one thing almost no one knows: How Google works. "It's somewhat of a paradox," said...

AT & T to hang up on pay phones

2007-12-04 00:00:00

AT&T Inc. is getting out of the business that gave Agent 86 a cunning way to enter CONTROL headquarters in "Get Smart." The nation's largest phone company said Monday that it would stop owning and operating public pay phones by the end of next year....

Keep the Net neutral

2006-03-06 00:00:00

FEW SALES PITCHES IN AMERICA have as much power as these four simple words: "All you can eat." That applies not just to gut-busting buffets but to a smorgasbord of services that aren't dispensed with ladles. Rental cars come with unlimited miles. Cable TV...

Columnist roots for Microsoft. Huh??

2008-02-02 00:00:00

If there's a sentiment that crops up with frequency in this column, it's that bigger is seldom better when it comes to how businesses treat consumers. So I say today, with no small surprise and puzzlement: Go get 'em, Microsoft. Google's great, don't...

Nominee to PUC Drops Bid for Post

2005-04-07 00:00:00

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Poizner pulled himself out of the running Wednesday for a seat on the California Public Utilities Commission, conceding that his financial holdings were too big and complex to avoid potential conflicts of interest....

Single mother works double-time to finish degree

2013-05-20 00:00:00

No one in Lavaris Nelson's family had ever graduated from college, and for much of her life, it seemed like the universe was determined to keep her from getting a degree, too. But on Sunday at the Irwin Belk Complex, the 31-year-old single mother of two...

Mecklenburg's interim manager: from quiet engineer to eye of the storm

2013-05-18 02:14:01

During his 27 years in local government, Bobbie Shields has worked with little fanfare on some of Mecklenburg County's most significant projects, including the new uptown baseball stadium and the Little Sugar Creek greenway expansion. But the firing...

Tensions follow Mecklenburg County manager's firing

2013-05-15 00:00:00

The first Mecklenburg County commissioners meeting since the firing of former county manager Harry Jones descended into chaos Tuesday with shouting, bickering and name-calling. Democratic commissioners, split along their views of Jones, accused each...

Judge offers three ways to try BellSouth lawsuit

2013-05-09 01:54:03

A federal judge offered three options Wednesday for how a potential $27 million lawsuit by 10 area 911 districts against BellSouth could proceed. U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier opened the short meeting with a quick observation: "I understand...

Citizens' comments curtailed

2013-05-08 11:44:02

The Meridian City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to no longer allow citizens to comment on items not on meeting agendas at regular council meetings -- an action that did not go over favorably with one concerned citizen. George Pugh, a Meridian native who...

More county shakeups could be on the way

2013-05-09 00:00:00

A day after Mecklenburg commissioners fired County Manager Harry Jones, board members said Wednesday more staff shakeups are possible. Among them is a proposal to hire retired BellSouth executive Krista Tillman to help guide the county in the search for...

Phil Mickelson finishes off Phoenix Open victory

2013-02-03 17:39:00

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Phil Mickelson's 5-iron shot sailed long and right on the par-3 seventh, stopping an inch from the fringe and leaving him in danger of losing at least a stroke to playing partner Brandt Snedeker. Mickelson ended up...

Chairman CEO of BellSouth from 1997 to 2006

2012-03-12 07:38:53

Report: Firm refused NSA request The National Security Agency has assembled the world's largest database of telephone records tracking the phone calls of tens of millions of ATT, Verizon and BellSouth customers, it was reported on May 11.

2006-05-11 09:16:21

"This place needs some stability. I guess that's me," said GM Chairman and now-permanent Chief Executive Edward E. Whitacre Jr.

2006-03-07 00:05:29