But Qwest Chief Executive Richard Notebaert may be trying to push back the tide.

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Qwest Communications International Chief Executive Richard Notebaert has showed an admirable tenacity in his continued attempts to acquire MCI .

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What exactly is Qwest Communications International's (nyse: Q - news - people ) Chief Executive Richard Notebaert doing?

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Yet for now Qwest (nyse: Q - news - people ) chief executive Richard Notebaert can probably taste victory.

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Richard Notebaert is pressing on in his bid to buy MCI (nasdaq: MCIP - news - people ), seemingly at any price.

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In today's decision, a group of shareholders accused Tellabs , a maker of fiber-optic equipment, and its former chief executive, Richard Notebaert, of knowingly misleading investors about the company's deteriorating financial position.

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Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert has fought stubbornly to stay in the merger picture, despite MCI CEO Michael Capellas ' clear preference to pair off with the more financially stable Verizon.

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Qwest Communications International (nyse: Q - news - people ) Chief Executive Richard Notebaert is refusing to abandon his campaign to purchase MCI (nasdaq: MCIP - news - people ).

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In today's decision, a group of shareholders accused Tellabs (nasdaq: TLAB - news - people ), a maker of fiber-optic equipment, and its former chief executive, Richard Notebaert, of knowingly misleading investors about the company's deteriorating financial position.

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