Qwest to post $1.8bn a year in charges if bid attempts succeed
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Your support makes all the difference.QWEST COMMUNICATIONS, the fast-growing Denver-based telecoms group, yesterday said it would post $1.8bn a year in charges for 30 years to write down goodwill if it is successful in its attempt to acquire the American baby bell US West and the long-distance provider Frontier Corp.
Qwest, the fourth largest long-distance company in the United States, made two unsolicited bids on Sunday for local company US West and Frontier for a total of $55bn (pounds 34bn), in an attempt to woo them away from its rival Global Crossing.
But analysts warned the purchase of US West could face regulatory obstacles.
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