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Gov. Mark Parkinson decided Wednesday to reappoint Lawrence resident Michael Moffet to the quasi-state agency regulating electricity, telephone and transportation companies in Kansas.

Alcatel-Lucent announced that AT&T has extended its contract with the vendor for end-to-end multivendor network integration services for the U-verse video, voice and data services.

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Want an indication of how volatile the automotive world is these days? On Tuesday, the government-controlled board that now runs General Motors announced it had selected a new chair for what was once the world's biggest corporation.

As a staunch supporter of President Obama, I still cannot help but express disappointment in some of his economic decisions.

Turns out, I have something in common with General Motors' new CEO: neither of us knows much about cars.

General Motors said Tuesday the former chairman and chief executive of AT&T will become chairman of the reorganized automaker this summer.

Posted June 15, 2009, 10:56 a.m. Former San Diegan Graef Crystal, one of the ranking experts on executive compensation, says on his website that Ed Whitacre is a bad choice to be non-executive chairman of General Motors.

Yesterday's announcement that Ed Whitacre would take the reigns of "the new GM" kind of caught me by surprise.

Former AT&T Inc. chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre has found what might be an even higher profile gig: He'll be the new chairman of General Motors Corp.

Ed Whitacre Jr., former chairman and CEO of AT&T, has been picked as chairman of General Motors to lead the automaker out of its bankruptcy malaise, the company said Tuesday.

Yesterday, General Motors announced that it would bring former SBC and AT&T chief Edward Whitacre, someone with no automotive industry experience, to be its new Chairman when it emerges from bankruptcy.

Edward Whitacre Jr., 67, will replace Kent Kresa, but Kresa will remain GM's interim chairman until the automaker emerges from bankruptcy protection as a new entity majority-owned by the government.

Edward Whitacre Jr., former CEO for AT&T, has been named the new CEO of General Motors .

A new day is dawning at GM and there's a new sheriff in town. I'm curious to see how this will play out.

John Korbell remembers a fishing trip 10 years ago where he thought he could school AT&T Chairman and CEO Edward E. Whitacre Jr.

Ed Whitacre. The quintessential amalgator of companies. He's going to save GM, as its new chairman ? Don't get me wrong.

Ed Whitacre may have done well during his tenure as head of SBC / AT&T if you compare the company's performance to its industry peers, but that sets a very low standard.

The former head of AT&T Inc. will become chairman of General Motors Co. when the auto maker leaves bankruptcy later this summer, GM announced today.

Executive Advisory Board Formed to Contribute to Telmar's Global Growth Initiatives PLANO, Texas, June 3 /CNW/ -- Telmar Network Technology today announced that it has created an Executive Advisory Board of telecom executives who will use their years of industry experience to help guide Telmar's strategic growth initiatives worldwide.