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Leaders in the University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Business announce the CISCO Networking Academy for students and faculty in ULM's Computer Information Systems program.

Go Topeka said a "yes" vote from the Joint Economic Development Organization Wednesday night means new life for land previously deemed unusable.

Matt Beal, CTO of CenturyLink , is leading a number of key technology initiatives, including the telco's most recent move to begin a 1 Gbps fiber to the premises service trial in Omaha.

TANGLED WEB: Urban utility poles often carry equipment for five or six providers.

Comcast is the most hated Internet service provider in the U.S. -- and ISPs are the most hated companies in the country.

The alert we received on Monday warned us not to tip off Sanislo Elementary librarian Craig Seasholes that CenturyLink rep Sue Anderson would be visiting the school with a surprise for him - a big $5,000 check as part of the CL/Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Teachers & Technology grant program .

A phone outage affecting CenturyLink customers in the North Plains area is expected to be repaired by 8 p.m. Monday, according to the county's 911 center.

While it's true that the CEO is responsible for the overall vision of a wireline provider, it's the innovative spirit of other members that that also help drive new services and network transformations.

CenturyLink said that its aggressive fiber to the tower plans will help it stabilize revenue and reduce maintenance costs.

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." -Theodore Roosevelt It's mid-morning at the office.

That's what Comcast did with Minneapolis attorneys Richard Fuller and Charles Horowitz, who recently opened a new two-person law firm.

CenturyLink plans to lay off 51 employees in Hood River and close its call center there this summer, the company told employees this afternoon.

Ray Dalio, a macro-oriented founder of the world's largest hedge fund for two years running, Bridgewater Associates, bought 121 new U.S. stocks in the first quarter, according to GuruFocus' Real Time Picks .

Google Fiber has added Gladstone, Mo., as the latest municipality in the Kansas City area to get its 1 Gbps fiber to the premises service.

A Multnomah County judge managed to rain down bad news on both CenturyLink and the Oregonian editorial board today - upholding an incremental land-line phone tax proposed by former Mayor Sam Adams to help pay for police reforms put forward by the US Department of Justice.

Ptolemy Data Systems in Sheridan, Visionary Communications in Gillette, TCT of Basin, and Green House Data in Cheyenne are working together to establish Bighorn Fiber, the state's first Internet peering exchange.

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In the Money Talks blog, The World-Herald shares the latest in Nebraska business and development, with behind-the-scenes notes from our Money team.

The clock hits 6:34 a.m. at the Jansen home in northwest Omaha, and five 14-year-olds hustle out the door with backpacks to catch their bus.

Recently, I've had a string of run-ins with companies that have left me pondering that question.