At the time of the announcement, the deal was equivalent to a 15% premium to the previous close for Qwest.
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The Dow Jones industrial average popped to a record level Tuesday morning, and kept the bulk of its gains even after some late selling, to climb back above its previous peak and close at an all-time high.
He expressed regret over previous mistakes and came close to contrition over disasters such as the millennium dome.
In order to break that intermediate-term downtrend, the gold market would need to rally through a previous swing high and close above it for several days.
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European markets have rebounded on Wednesday after a lower close from the previous session.
Nurturing this informal club, launched by a previous Spanish government, is close to Mr Aznar's heart.
When this is taken into account, the debt-servicing ratio is close to its previous peak when the base rate stood at 15%.
It might even have been worse for Arsenal as Sunderland, who had lost each of their previous four matches, came close to snatching a late winner through Danny Welbeck.
U.S. equities fell off a cliff on the news, with the Dow dropping almost 93 points in a matter of minutes, attempting to rebound, and then falling back down close to its previous trough.
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Previous governments have tip-toed close to the nuclear threshold, but pulled back for fear of the high price India would pay for breaking the nuclear taboo.
"The dominant thinking is that a new limb should be as close a match to the previous limb as possible, " she said.
Mr Nyongesa said that the attackers threw explosives and shot their way into the police post in the small town of Gerille, approximately 200km (125 miles) north of the Dadaab refugee camp, which is close to the scene of previous attacks.
While so far the coati seems to be staying close to the zoo, two previous escapees were found further afield.
The government has also pointed out that permission to close the school was given by the previous Conservative education secretary.
His bushy hair and long beard contrasted with the bright red hair and close-cropped looks he sported during previous appearances.
His bushy hair and long beard contrasted with the bright red hair and close-cropped facial hair he sported during previous appearances.
He won silver in two previous Olympic games, but Nelson didn't get close in Friday's competition, which was also a disappointment for other American shot-putters.
Yingli Green Energy this afternoon warned that its Q4 solar module shipments were down close to 30%, worse than its previous forecast for a percentage drop in the low-to-mid 20s.
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Mr Lafontaine pledged to roll back the (modest) cuts in social welfare made by the previous centre-right government, make energy dearer, close tax loopholes misused by the rich, and boost domestic demand to create jobs.
According to FARS, Tehran had proposed at a previous meeting in Baghdad that it would stop production, close the Fordow facility where the work is carried out, and ship its purified fuel out of the country.
That's close to a four-fold increase over the previous year, 2004.
The issue for Apple will be if they can introduce this potentially new and revolutionary product as well (or close to it) as Steve Jobs did for the previous three categories.
During previous periods of inter-Korean tension, North Korea has threatened to close the project.
Given the proliferation of biographical and critical studies of Kipling in recent years, it is hardly surprising that some of his points have been made by previous writers, though it is no dishonour that his analysis here is close to George Orwell's.
She claims the decision to close Blessed Edward's sixth form was partly based on a previous report which judged that results were not good enough.
That is partly the healthy consequence of liberal economic reforms in the 1980s and 1990s: the previous policies of state-led import-substitution tended to concentrate economic activity close to the centres of political power.
Previous governments also failed to maintain the crucial bridge, which is now warped and close to collapsing due to movements in the earth beneath it.
Thanks to the BSE experience and the slowing economy, the chain has decided to close 130 outlets this year while opening just 220, well below the previous pace of expansion.
To try to do better -- to close the cover on the scratch-outs and unsatisfactory scrawls of the previous part of one's life and, having learned from what went before, to start over on a clean set of pages.
Halper said that looking back at the 106 previous gameisodes of the franchise, it was important to tell this last story in order to close the door on KumaWar.
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