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the U.S. government is considering barring Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) from future government contracts in an effort to clamp down on corporate fraud endemic in the telecom sector in the past few years, reports BoardWatch.

FCC Chairman Michael Powell isn’t one of those do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do sorts: In this brief Q&A in the New York Times, Powell reveals that he and his family are mass-media and computer consumers–to the extreme. [802.11b Networking News]

bq. USA TODAY - Cell phone companies are attacking each other with ad blitzes as customer growth slows and as they brace for a new rule that will let customers keep their phone numbers when they switch providers.