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  • Aug 27th, 2004 at 12: 10 pm yeah … i wonder how much more Adelphia is going to raise their rates for these extra channels?? jhilker

    ABC, CBS Stations Launch at cvillenews.com 2004

  • Adelphia is on the other side of town, which is only about 5 minutes on a normal day.

    Balloon Juice » 2002 » August 2002

  • In 2006, Comcast and Time Warner Cable bought the cable assets of a company called Adelphia, and the FCC had to approve the transfer.

    Marvin Ammori: Comcast Had "Fair Notice" Not To Block Speech and Innovation Online 2010

  • In 2006, Comcast and Time Warner Cable bought the cable assets of a company called Adelphia, and the FCC had to approve the transfer.

    Save the Internet Blog 2010

  • Consider how the fates of Barneys, Canary Wharf, and Macy's (another 1980s-era fiasco that is now thriving and the subject of buyout speculation) differ from that of 2001-2002 mega-bankruptcies such as Adelphia, WorldCom, Global Crossing, eToys, and Webvan.

    The Barneys Mystery 2007

  • Consider how the fates of Barneys, Canary Wharf, and Macy's (another 1980s-era fiasco that is now thriving and the subject of buyout speculation) differ from that of 2001-2002 mega-bankruptcies such as Adelphia, WorldCom, Global Crossing, eToys, and Webvan.

    The Barneys Mystery 2007

  • Prime examples of companies downed when hubris got the better of prudence include WorldCom and Adelphia Communications, both of which ended their glory days in a sea of scandal.

    Five Holiday Gifts for the Financially Inclined Simon Constable 2011

  • Yet since the lack of fluid information exists or even more importantly its analysis thus there are dis-equilibriums in stock prices, such as those of Worldcom, Enron, Adelphia, etc.

    Resisting Efficient Markets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The father and son were convicted in 2004 of looting cable company Adelphia Communications Corp.

    Rajaratnam's Biggest Bet Yet Michael Rothfeld 2011

  • But the notion that Wall Street somehow has a monopoly on "disastrous chicanery" is laughable, as big corporate scandals from a few years ago -- Tyco, Adelphia, Enron, WorldCom -- make clear.

    Yvette Kantrow: Making it Yvette Kantrow 2010

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