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CenturyTel and QWEST

CenturyTel said today that it’s agreed to buy Qwest Communications in a deal valued at $22.4 billion, continuing the consolidation of rural telephone companies and ending speculation as to when and how Qwest would manage to sell portions of its business. CenturyTel will spend $10.3 billion buying Qwest stock and will assume $11.8 billion in [...]