<![CDATA[Edward Whitacre Jr., Lord of the Rings At AT&T, According To Bussiness Week 2006 Profile]]>

1.0 link 213232 <![CDATA[Edward Whitacre Jr., Lord of the Rings At AT&T, According To Bussiness Week 2006 Profile]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/09/edward-whitacre-jr-lord-o_n_213232.html Edward E. Whitacre Jr. has a thing for airplane hangars. The chief executive of AT&T (T) has cut numerous acquisitions in these cavernous confines, including his $61 billion purchase of Ameritech. So when Whitacre and BellSouth (BLS) CEO F. Duane Ackerman were getting close to finalizing terms for AT&T's proposed $67 billion acquisition of BellSouth, the two boarded their corporate jets and flew to a nondescript hangar in Memphis.

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