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• Investors Critical of Sprint's Chief

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Investors, Critical, Sprint S, Chief, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Michael Nelson, Ralph Whitworth, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon Communications Inc, Len Lauer, Miami Beach, Patrick Comack, Reston

  Sprint Nextel chief executive Gary D. Forsee is facing intensifying pressure from shareholders to improve the company's financial health, causing several analysts to speculate that he may be forced to step down in the coming months.

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• Forsee: WiMaxed Out

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Forsee, Wimaxed, Out, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Jean Marie Messier, Philip Cusick, Vivendi Sa, Wall Street, At Amp T Inc, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Mike Nelson, Patrick Comack, Reston, United States

  Perhaps someday, WiMax will be the key to turning around Sprint Nextel, the beleaguered Reston cellphone company. Perhaps someday, consumers will walk and drive across the country, enjoying uninterrupted, high-speed Internet service, watching video, e-mailing and talking on the phone over the Web...

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• Sprint To Shed 125 Shops, 4,000 Jobs

  Published: January 19, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sprint, Shed, 125, Shops, 4 000, Jobs, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Daniel Hesse, Verizon Communications Inc, Patrick Comack, Reston, Kansas, At Amp T Inc, Stifel Nicolaus Amp Co Inc, Christopher King, Gary Forsee, Miami Beach, Michael Thelander, Overland Park, St Louis

  Sprint Nextel, suffering from a steady erosion of customers, said yesterday it is cutting about 7 percent of its workforce and closing 125 retail stores. The company's stock fell sharply, losing a quarter of its value.

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• Sprint Nextel Stock Rises 10.5% On Talk of Shake-Up, Takeover

  Published: May 6, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sprint, Nextel, Stock, Rises, 10 5, Talk, Shake Up, Takeover, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Dan Hesse, Morgan O Brien, Deutsche Telekom Ag, United States, Patrick Comack, Philip Cusick, Leigh Horner, Rebecca Arbogast, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Stifel Nicolaus Amp Co Inc

  Shares of Sprint Nextel rose yesterday along with renewed speculation that a major shake-up of the troubled wireless carrier is in the works.

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