ATT & Antitrust
The history of antitrust law in the United States has been heavily affected by the AT&T Corporation. AT&T has been seemingly involved in one form of dispute or another with the U.S. Justice Department and other Government agencies regarding its business activities. Subsequent to the storied breakup of AT&T in the early 80's, there has been little discussion regarding antitrust activity involving AT&T but with their recent announcement that they intend to takeover TMobile AT&T finds itself again in the center of antitrust controversy. How AT&T has responded to these antitrust charges will be reviewed herein.

AT & T. was, for many years, the dominant company in the United States telecommunication industry. Through its various subsidiaries (Western Electric, Bell Operating Companies, Bell Laboratories, and AT & T) AT & T. enjoyed many years when they faced few, if any, challenges to their domination. Through the years when they dominated…...

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References

Grunes, A.P. (2011). Antitrust Review of the AT&T/TMobile Transaction. Federal Communications Law Journal, 1-35.

King, J.L. (2002). Ma Bell's orphan: U.S. Cellular telephony, 1947-1996. Telecommunications Policy, 189-203.

Madden, G. (2003). World Telecommunications Markets: The International Handbook of Telecommunications Economics. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

U.S. Department of Justice. (2011, August 31). Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block AT&T's Acquisition Of T-Mobile. Retrieved November 28, 2011, from U.S. Department of Justice: http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2011/274615.htm

AT&T
Today AT&T faces a serious dilemma in whether or not to continue a relationship with their least profitable customers. AT&T's customer base today perfectly fits the 80/20 rule first devised by Italian economist Vilfredo Paereto in the 19th century (Krotz). Currently, over 80% of AT&T's revenue is generated by the top 20% of customers. By eliminating the least profitable 80% of customers, the company would make a profit similar to what is currently being seen. This raises the serious question of whether AT&T should consider eliminating these customers from their customer base. In the solution proposed today, this lower 80% of customers would be "sold" or outsourced to other firms that offer higher rates than AT&T.

Advantages

The most obvious advantage of getting rid of these least-profitable customers would be financial. Eliminating these customers would free the company from spending money on maintaining a customer relationship that is not profitable. Company resources…...

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Works Cited

Krotz, Joanna L. Keep your customers happy and coming back for more. Microsoft Small Business Center. 25 June 2004. http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/issues/marketing/customer_service_acquisition/keep_your_customers_happy_and_coming_back_for_more.mspx

Peebles, Noel. Fire Your 'Bad' Customers And Send Them To A Competitor! Pandecta magazine. 25 June 2004. http://pandecta.com/fire-bad-customers.html

Staples. Find Your Highest Potential Customers. http://www.staples.com/content/Open/HighestPotentialCustomers.asp

The first is by demographically-based segmentation attributes, and the second is through services offered. Neither of these is optimal for understanding and responding to unmet needs in the users bases, a point discussed in the following section of this paper.
Demographic segments include the following:

General Consumer/Residential: The largest segment of users, this is the segment that also generates the highest level of price competition and pressure in the market as well. Churn is highest in this segment.

Small and Medium businesses:

The primary segment where bundling is used for generating high loyalty due to the ability of members of this segment to overcome price pressure due to the need to have services in place to support their business models.

Corporate:

The most profitable of segments and also the more difficult to penetrate and sustain customers, AT&T Wireless has successfully served this segment with Wide Area Networks (WLAN) and hotspot technologies in addition to the…...

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In the case of retirees of 65 and over, it decreased from 7.5% in 2007 to 6.36% in 2008. The rate to which the cost trend is assumed to decline was maintained at a constant level of 5% in 2007 and 2008.
Given the company's financial situation and the current global economic conditions, it is estimated that the compensation and benefit costs will decrease in the following years. The company estimated the following evolution:

Pension benefits: $4,964 in 2008, $4,841 in 2009, $4,864 in 2010

Postretirement benefits: $2,520 in 2008, $2,636 in 2009, $2,733 in 2010

Medicare subsidy receipts: $120 in 2008, $130 in 2009, $140 in 2010

The company is very active in the stock-based compensation plan. This type of compensation is encouraged by the company's board of directors. The compensation cost in 2005 reached $143, in 2006 it reached $301, and in 2007 it reached $720.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of the pension…...

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Reference List

McNamara, Carter (2008). Employee Benefits. Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision. Retrieved February 19, 2009 at  http://www.managementhelp.org/pay_ben/benefits/benefits.htm .

Annual Report (2007). at&T. Retrieved February 20, 2009 at  http://www.att.com/Investor/ATT_Annual/downloads/07_ATTar_FullFinalAR.pdf .

AT&T Cost and Price
Cost and Price Analysis -- AT&T

Company Overview

The AT&T Government Solutions business is currently headquartered in Oakton, VA and is composed of over four thousand scientists, engineers, and analysts; many of which have already obtained the needed security clearance to work more sensitive projects (AT&T Government, 2012). The company's niche is focused on providing a range of IT managed solutions that include network leadership in voice, data, video, and managed services. The company previously operated under the name GRC International which was originally founded in 1961 (Bloomberg Business, 2012). However the name was changed to AT&T Government Solutions, Inc. In March of 2000 and operates as a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.

AT&T Government Solutions received a majority of its work from the defense industry in 2011 which represented close to three hundred eighty million dollars' worth of revenue. By contrast, the civilian sector represented nearly one hundred eighty million…...

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Works Cited

AT&T Government. (2012). About AT&T Government Solutions. Retrieved from AT&T Government:  http://www.corp.att.com/gov/about_ags/ 

Bloomberg Business. (2012). Company Overview of AT&T Government Solutions, Inc. Retrieved from Bloomberg Business:  http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=111209 

Booz Allen. (2012, Feburary 7). U.S. Government Omnibus Network Enterprise (USG ONE). Retrieved from Booz Allen:  http://www.boozallen.com/media/file/02.078.12-usg-one.pdf 

Fisher, J., & Peters, R. (2010). Using Stock Returns to Identify Government Spending Shocks. The Economic Journal, 414-436.

Global Environment
AT&T

AT&T's code of ethics can be found on its ATT.com website (2014). The code exists in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the company. The code contains nine items: honest and ethical conduct, conflicts of interest, disclosure, compliance, reporting and accountability, corporate opportunities, confidentiality, fair dealing and protection and proper use of company assets. Under each category, the company explains its policies. Under "honest and ethical conduct," AT&T says it will "act with integrity," using a synonym to make a redundant statement. It also says it will "observe both the form and spirit of laws and government rules and regulations," which is the same as line IV, compliance. It will "adhere to a high standard of business ethics," another redundant statement, and without defining "high standard."

The company rather curiously defines "conflict of interest:" as arising when a personal interest interferes with the interests…...

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References

A&T Code of Conduct. (2014). Retrieved February 18, 2014 from  http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5595 

AT&T (2013) AT&T global supplier diversity. AT&T. Retrieved February 18, 2014 from  http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=17724 

Holmes, A. (2014). AT&T buoyed in lobbying push against spectrum auction limits. Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved February 18, 2014 from www.publicintegrity.org/2014/01/07/14081/att-buoyed-lobbying-push-against-spectrum-auction-limits

Saint Louis University. (2013). $1 million AT&T contribution to support global education initiatives. Saint Louis University. Retrieved February 18, 2014 from  http://www.slu.edu/x87581.xml

AT&T STANDARDS AND Business
Global business environment is an environment within different sovereign countries and exogenous factors to the home of an organization influence the process of making decisions when it comes to the use of resources and capabilities. These include political, social, economic, legal, cultural, tax, regulatory and technological environments.

Global business environment is an environment within different sovereign countries whereby factors that are exogenous to the home environment of a particular organization have an influence on the process of making decisions when it comes to the use of resources and capabilities. These include political, social, economic, legal, cultural, tax, regulatory and technological environments.

Challenges to global business environment

Unethical business practices,

Failure to embrace technology advancements.

Stiff competition among the businesses.

Unethical business practices exist due to the lack of established ethical code of conduct within an organization

There are serious challenges on the global business environment which are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure…...

Wireless although the performance of Cingular has been mediocre also. The new Cingular expects that the added network coverage from at & T. Wireless will assist in opposing that belief nearly from the very beginning. (FCC OKs Cingular, at&T Wireless Merger)
The merger is regarding placing two companies in unison that do not have the metrics to go for the optimum services. Whereas there is scanty reservations regarding the amalgamation gives Cingular instruments to perk up customer satisfaction, the company has to proceed very speedily. Since in excess of 170 million subscribers are at present using a mobile phone in the United States, the phenomenal surge in the recent years is sure of slowing down. Meanwhile, the customers of at & T. Wireless has been deserting at the rate of 3.5% per month during 2004 which is worrying given that rivals Verizon and Nextel Comunications Inc. has been losing their…...

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References

Cingular, att Wireless merge after clearing last hurdle. October 26, 2004 Retrieved at   Accessed on 22 November, 2004.http://economy.news.designerz.com/cingular-att-wireless-merge-after-clearing-last-hurdle.html .

Cingular Completes at&T Wireless Takeover. October 26, 2004. Retrieved at   Accessed on 22 November, 2004.http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/cingular.html .

Consumers Will Pay Big for Cingular/at&T Merger, Study Warns. May 27, 2004 Retrieved from ttp:/ / www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/att_merger_phoenix.html. Accessed on 22 November, 2004.

Customer Benefits. 2004. Retrieved at Accessed on 22 November, 2004.http://www.newcingular.com/c_benefits.html.

Private University is selling a share, or something else. At the outset of the Act, "security" is defined as "any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, security-based swap, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate…" and many others are subject to the law. The key is that the security creates a share of income for the holder, whether in the form of debt or equity. Options for later purchase are also included in the definition of security.
The asset in question is a "share" that entitles the bearer to college credits in any school at the future date. A college credit is not a claim to a cash flow, nor it is claim to equity. Therefore, this is not a security. Rather, it is a coupon by which a product can later be acquired. There is no difference between this asset…...

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Works Cited:

FTC. (2013). The antitrust laws. Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved May 2, 2013 from  http://www.ftc.gov/bc/antitrust/antitrust_laws.shtm 

FTC. (2013). Horizontal merger guidelines. Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved May 2, 2013 from  http://www.ftc.gov/os/2010/08/100819hmg.pdf 

Securities Act of 1933. Retrieved May 2, 2013 from  http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/sa33.pdf 

Stewart, J. (2011). Antitrust suit is simple calculus. New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2013 from  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/business/att-and-t-mobile-merger-is-a-textbook-case.html?pagewanted=all

AT&T is in basic terms a telecommunications services provider with operations not only in the U.S. But also in other parts of the world. In this text, I conduct an analysis of the company. In so doing, I will amongst other things explore its accounting systems and internal controls. Further, I will also conduct a brief review of its financial statements.
Company Overview

In so many ways, AT&T can be regarded an industry leader in the provision of wireless voice communications. The company gives its mission as "to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else" (AT&T, 2013). Some of the main competitors of AT&T in the Telecom Services industry include but they are not limited to Verizon Communications Inc. And Sprint Nextel Corp. Currently, the company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Accounting Systems

Accounting systems include but they are not limited to all those…...

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Albrecht, W.E., Stice, E.K. & Stice, J.D. (2010). Financial Accounting: Concepts and Applications (11th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

AT&T. (2013). AT&T Company Information. Retrieved April 24, 2013, from AT&T website:  http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5711 

Booton, J. (2011, January 13). AT&T to Take $2.7 Billion Charge in 4Q to Revamp Accounting System. Retrieved April 25, 2013, from FOXBusiness website:  http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/01/13/att-billion-charge-q/ 

Lasher, W.R. (2010). Practical Financial Management (6th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

Written Assignment: Case study1. Why is important that businesses maintain a high level of visibility on SEPs?Maintaining high visibility on SEPs increases a businesss visibility on search engines, translating to increased website traffic. With high visibility, more people will see the businesss content in search results and interact with the content by visiting the business website. A company that maintains high visibility on SEPs indicates that the business is credible, and more people will trust the business (Schulthei & Lewandowski, 2021). When a business appears on the first page of SEPs, visitors will subconsciously trust the business, assuming the business must be doing something right to have such a high ranking. Visitors are more likely to make a purchase or recommend the company to others, increasing the businesss organic traffic. Domain authority is another benefit the business will get from high visibility on SEPs. Having a high domain authority leads…...

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Atzerodt also made a statement claiming knowledge of a Confederate plot to bomb the White House. The Union's failed raid on Richmond was also approved by Lincoln, and it was later believed that he ordered the death of Jeff Davis in a strategy to end the war. Such speculations were extremely damaging for the strength of the government, and similar conspiracy theories fascinate historians to this day. In this, at least one part of ooth's ideal was realized: government weakness. This however did not result in a revival for the South, which was in fact the ultimate aim.
In conclusion, Lincoln's death meant that his attempts at countrywide reform were immediately nullified. Without his leadership, and in concomitance with the many conspiracy theories at the time, the government was unable to carry further such work. The country was not nearly strong enough to benefit from the good work done by…...

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Lincoln's speech during the dedication ceremony of the military cemetery at Gettysburg (the White House History. 2008. Abraham Lincoln. (

raising IQ scores/Education. Question: Should the IQ cutoff for mental retardation be raised to 80? Six sources. APA.
Should the IQ Cutoff for Mental Retardation be raised to 80?

The debate regarding IQ tests continues to rage into the new millennium. Every decade has a myriad of new studies supporting or contradicting the last accepted theories and studies. There are new studies which indicate that the IQ scores in the United States has risen by 3 points per decade, "indicating that intelligence is not stable but is flexible with regards to environmental influences." However, after vast research, no one knows just exactly what is causing the rise in IQ scores. Moreover, there is an ongoing debate in regards to raising the IQ cutoff scores for the mental retardation assessment. The American Association of Mental Retardation's definition of mental retardation is "a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and…...

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MacMillan, Donald L.; Forness, Steven R. "The Role of IQ in Special Education

AT&T company and how its pending merger with T-Mobile major will affect mission and vision of the company. Also, its goals and objectives will be analyzed and the author will comment on whether or not this merger is in line with the needs of the major stakeholders that involved, that is, the customers, the employees and similar parties. The sources of information will be telecommunication blogs and publications analyzing the potential merger.
On both sides of the divide, there are "winners" and "losers" and a balancing act that is going on between competitive benefits of pricing vs. The stability of industry standards when there is oligopoly competition between only a small number of large corporations. This balancing act is never easy and is the reason for Federal regulation and legislation in an attempt to keep at least a reasonable amount of competition in the markets and yet take advantage of…...

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At&t mission & vision. (2011). Retrieved from  http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/about/mission.html .

Kwoh, Leslie. "AT&T, t-mobile merger could mean big changes for customers and employees." (2011, 21 March).Retrieved from  http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/att_t -mobile_merger_39_billion.html.

Mobile/Sprint Merger?
Investigating the Possibility of a Sprint and T-Mobile Merger

Sprint and T-Mobile Merger (?)

AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile (?)

Advantages to AT&T

Effects to the Consumer

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the feasibility of a Sprint and T-Mobile merger. The two companies utilize similar technology and it was thought that a merger of the two telecommunications giants would offer a certain synergy that would add value not only to the combined organization but also to consumers. ith the increased competitiveness that would be gained with this merger the new conglomerate would be in a better market position to compete with industry leaders such as AT&T and Verizon. However, the business world moves very quickly and the possibility of a Sprint and T-Mobile merger no longer seems to be a remote possibility.

Instead, the giant telecommunication leader AT&T has recently made a move to purchase T-Mobile instead. So now the merger of…...

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Works Cited

Dignan, L. (2011, March 8). Sprint, T-Mobile merger talks spurred by network sharing needs. Retrieved August 2011, 2011, from ZDNet:  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/sprint-t-mobile-merger-talks-spurred-by-network-sharing-needs/45797 

Herman, B. (2011, March 22). AT&T T-Mobile Merger: Less Competition, Higher Prices. Retrieved August 22, 2011, from Shouting Loudly: http://www.shoutingloudly.com/2011/03/22/attt-mobile-merger-less-competition-higher-prices/

Neate, R., & Russell, J. (2009, September 12). T-Mobile owner eyes multi-billion dollar bid for Sprint. Retrieved August 22, 2011, from The Telegraph:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/6180195/T-Mobile-owner-eyes-multi-billion-dollar-bid-for-Sprint.html 

Sorkin, A., De La Merced, M., & Wortham, J. (2011, March 20). AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion. Retrieved August 22, 2011, from DealB%k:  http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/att-to-buy-t-mobile-usa-for-39-billion/?hp

Choosing a research paper topic doesn't have to be difficult. In many cases, an instructor will choose a topic for you. Some instructors allow you to choose your own topic, but request that you get approval from them before beginning your paper. If you're left completely alone to choose a topic and start writing, consider the following questions as you're thinking about topic ideas: • What is the class about? • What are some of the main points or themes addressed by the instructor? • What about the class specifically interests you? • What ideas or themes from the class naturally lend themselves to research? • Is your topic idea....

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