--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - December 20, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - Joseph Nacchio, former CEO of Qwest, was indicted Tuesday on 42 counts of insider trading accusing him of illegally selling off more than $100 million in stock during the company's multibillion- dollar accounting scandal. The indictment includes the first criminal charges against Nacchio in the government's nearly four-year-old investigation into accounting practices at the Denver-based telco.
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Lee was appointed to the corporate board of directors for Revlon --- Lifetime Entertainment Services named former WB Network exec Maria Grasso to the newly created position of senior vice president, series development --- Infogate Online announced that Frank N. Condito has joined the company as director of sales for U.S. and Canada --- Narrowstep said Roger Werner has joined the IPTV company as a special advisor --- Lifetime Entertainment Services promoted Louise Henry Bryson to president of distribution and affiliate business development. --------------------------------------------------------------------- PrimeTime Players --------------------------------------------------------------------- Close Pts. + % Chg 52-Week T 24.65 - 0.18 - 0.72 % 21.79 - 26.17 BLS 27.42 - 0.43 - 1.54 % 24.32 - 28.55 CVC 23.12 - 0.03 - 0.13 % 22.08 - 33.90 CHTR 1.24 0.00 0.00 % 0.88 - 2.36 CSCO 17.31 - 0.16 - 0.92 % 16.83 - 20.25 CMCSA 26.56 - 0.07 - 0.26 % 26.05 - 34.50 CSGS 22.65 - 0.42 - 1.82 % 15.74 - 24.76 DTV 13.75 - 0.15 - 1.08 % 13.17 - 17.01 DISCA 15.49 - 0.14 - 0.90 % 13.51 - 16.30 DISH 26.71 - 0.26 - 0.96 % 24.44 - 33.98 GMSTE 2.77 0.01 0.36 % 2.24 - 6.12 GE 35.54 - 0.28 - 0.78 % 32.67 - 37.34 IACI 27.64 - 0.07 - 0.25 % 23.49 - 57.82 L 7.75 - 0.06 - 0.77 % 7.59 - 11.07 LBTYA 22.62 0.43 1.94 % 21.84 - 52.32 MCCC 5.18 0.11 2.17 % 4.75 - 7.59 MSFT 26.86 0.03 0.11 % 23.82 - 28.25 MOT 22.49 0.16 0.72 % 14.48 - 24.99 NNDS 40.62 0.55 1.37 % 29.27 - 41.70 NWS 16.52 - 0.31 - 1.84 % 14.76 - 19.41 NXTLM.PK 540.00 0.00 0.00 % 5.00 - 617.24 OPTV 2.22 - 0.03 - 1.33 % 2.07 - 3.96 OUTD 14.16 - 0.14 - 0.98 % 12.57 - 17.49 PAX 0.95 - 0.01 - 1.04 % 0.37 - 2.15 PLA 13.31 0.03 0.23 % 11.33 - 15.88 Q 5.65 - 0.12 - 2.08 % 3.30 - 5.95 SFA 42.92 - 0.22 - 0.51 % 26.73 - 43.90 SSP 47.52 0.07 0.15 % 44.85 - 52.91 SIRI 6.59 - 0.08 - 1.20 % 4.42 - 8.48 STM 18.04 - 0.32 - 1.74 % 13.96 - 19.55 TWX 17.74 - 0.21 - 1.17 % 16.10 - 19.74 TIVO 5.15 - 0.08 - 1.53 % 3.45 - 7.75 VZ 30.54 0.02 0.07 % 29.13 - 41.44 VIA 33.35 - 0.42 - 1.24 % 30.02 - 39.26 DIS 24.27 - 0.27 - 1.10 % 22.89 - 29.99 XMSR 28.50 0.12 0.42 % 26.16 - 40.89 ===================================================================== For all the industry critical news - see: The BRIDGE War Room - http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/research.cfm SkyREPORT - http://www.skyreport.com SkyRETAILER - http://www.skyretailer.com The BRIDGE - http://www.mbc-thebridge.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- -To modify your subscription to The Evening Bridge, visit http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/register.cfm We welcome your comments and suggestions. 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