VERIZON merging some customers to AT&T???

[ulbador]

Haha yea here is a full list of transitions that I had to go thru the past years

Cingilar

Midwest wireless

Alltel

Then unicell

Then verizon

And now at&t


Yes I have had to transfer to all those company's because they all bought eachother. (At least where I live)


So Im a bit confused about the stocks with all these transitions.

You must be out on the fringes somewhere, because that's usually who gets hit by these things.

 

[RetiredInFl]

No. Verizon is a private company. Meaning it is not part of the government.

It is publicly traded on the stock exchange, yes. But it is still a private entity.

Huh? You better go back and check your course notes and definitions. I understand what you are TRYING to say but what you are saying is all discombooberated. As they say "apples and oranges."

There are no "government companies" (not counting "THE Company," the CIA of course either public or private). The government purchases FROM companies that may be EITHER public or private. A company that trades on the stock exchange is not privately held. Verizon is as "public" a company as there can be.

 

[qckslvrsiete]

No. Verizon is a private company. Meaning it is not part of the government.

It is publicly traded on the stock exchange, yes. But it is still a private entity.

Private entity and private company are two different things. Having publicly traded stock makes a company a public company. It's owned by anyone who wants to spend about 35 bucks on a small percentage of ownership, and since it's willing to accept the privilege of building capital by having the public invest in it, it's subject to a number of rules enforced by the government.

You could even argue that the amount of information they have to disclose to comply with SEC rules renders them a public entity. They basically have to tell the public everything short of trade secrets and intellectual property.

You can't just build capital by allowing the public to invest in you without following the rules of the market, including antitrust laws, which are thankfully enforced by the government. It keeps competition fair and ultimately benefits the consumers by controlling costs.

If you call a dog a cat, it's still a dog. Verizon is a public company.

 

[Bearxor]

This has been an ongoing process for like 2 years now.

Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[wirelessmacuser]

Move along, nothing to see here.

Sheep herder...ha..ha...ha....