NEW YORK — CenturyTel Inc., the country's fifth-largest local-phone company, said Thursday that it will buy Qwest Communications International Inc., the third-largest, in a stock swap worth $10.6 billion to gain the benefits of scale in a shrinking business.
CenturyTel to buy Qwest in $10.6 billion stock swap
Thursday, April 22, 2010 | 8:14 a.m. CDT
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