Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN)

[tankworth]

Another great day, for sure!

[leftovers]

We be moving up today. All systems go!

[tankworth]

Will price action push on through the MA 50, or will it back off? And if it pierces it, will it stay there, or close back below?

There was high volume yesterday, but three attempts to break through resistance didn't work. The market was highly managed, though, so who knows? I kept getting the feeling market makers were holding it back. Either way, thanks CTL for a great first leg.

[tankworth]

Century Link (CTL) Current Yahoo Finance chatter


Gautama yesterday

I got paid my divi today.


myownstimulusplan 3 days ago

Glen F Post, CenturyLink's Chief Executive Officer and a director of the company, recently acquired 50,000 shares of the company. The buys took place at $14.17 per share, on December 08, 2017. Post now owns 1,733,301 shares of the company. Post operates out of Monroe, LA.


Anonymous 4 days ago

This should be a $25+ per share stock. The L3 acquisition brings invaluable assists to relieve the erosion of local telecom business. Yes, there is debt but the investment is positioning CTL for future growth. The L3 backbone is comparable to ATT.


Steve 2 days ago

8 insiders bought shares on Friday, including 50k shares by Post and 71k shares by Jeff Storey.

[tankworth]

Centurylink Inc (CTL) CEO Glen F Post Iii Bought $708,500 of Shares


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-inc-ctl-ceo-glen-231501972.html

[tankworth]

CenturyLink selected as network provider for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-selected-network-provider-commonwealth-130000734.html

[tankworth]

Glad I listened to my cable installer during my recent move. He said, "I think the old Level 3 has been bought by Century Link."

This has been a great mover, classic V bottom.

CEO --- and the rest of mgmt --- bought a ton of shares last week.

CTL just landed the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: from top-end network services to last-mile customer connectivity, which is HUGE.

Still well-oversold, currently below the MA 50 and MA 200, short-squeeze breakout, being bought-up fast. This is a screamin' buy!

Go CTL

[chriswolff]

The very tiny job CTL got isn't jumping the price. It’s the tax benefits. This will be 15.5 end of week.

[SANDRA11]

Agreed. I have orders in all the way to $10
These are bond holders pissed off that the
Stock paying such Divi.
Fools are shorting it, and their dogs are releasing
Press release after press release.
My Money in CTL at these prices and the Divi
Is safer than in the bank.
Come December 11 I will collect my 54 cents
Divi as well on my shares that I bought last
Friday.
I am LMAO at these fools all the way to the bank.
GLTY

[temocat]

Agreed, its time to pick up more as I suspect the tax plan will be approved and that will drive the 2018 Q1-2 markets IMHO...

[SANDRA11]

I will take the Divi and ride it back to 20
They drop it bellow todays low I will buy
More.
No Brainer at these prices with the Divi safe
According to the Manegement.
They are on record saying that,
Cutting it opens them up to Letigation on
Personal level.
Give me that 15 percent Divi.
Thank you
May I have another please.
LMAO

[temocat]

Interesting article including dividend payout https://seekingalpha.com/article/4122947-whole-storey-centurylink

[boroborough]

I just purchased 10 share$ to find out what the dividend reinvestment would accumulate to in ten years

[Prudent Capitalist]

Who cares. Like most longtime LVLT holders I dumped these shares well above $17. Would never consider holding here. The deal was supposed to be worth $66 - $68 to LVLT holders when it was announced. total joke the way it ended up.

[swampboots]

CTL 16.43 Not even a scratch as overwrought over div thought by mob to be confiscated!

[swampboots]

CTL: 15.96 dividend seems ok?

[Sone]

Did the cut the dividend yet?

[Prudent Capitalist]

CTL is a pathetic POS. LVLT holders got screwed in this deal, and would have been much better off continuing on its own as LVLT, rather than becoming part of this turd patch.

[FutureBankruptcy]

The Klein Law Firm Reminds Investors of a Class Action Filed on Behalf of CenturyLink, Inc. Shareholders & a Lead Plaintiff D...

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=75206583

omplaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) who purchased shares between March 1, 2013 and June 16, 2017. The action, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the Company violated federal securities laws.

In particular, the complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, CenturyLink made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) CenturyLink’s policies had engaged the Company in unlawful business practices by allowing its employees to add services or lines to accounts without customer permission, resulting in millions of dollars in unauthorized charges to CenturyLink customers; (2) accordingly, the Company’s revenues contained ill-gotten gains that originated from the Company’s illicit conduct and were unsustainable; and (3) the foregoing illicit conduct was likely to subject CenturyLink to heightened regulatory scrutiny; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ statements about CenturyLink’s business, operations, and prospects, were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

Shareholders have until August 18, 2017 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery does not require that you serve as lead plaintiff. You may choose to be an absent class member.

If you suffered a loss during the class period and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or visit http://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-sbm/centurylink-inc.

Joseph Klein, Esq. is an experienced attorney and has also practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Klein represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170710006289/en/

The Klein Law Firm
Joseph Klein, Esq., 212-616-4899
Fax: [phone]
www.kleinstocklaw.com

[temocat]

At this pace I see this hitting 30, with the dividend this is a no brainer

[wiltonio]

Corvex Management LP has filed a new activist 13D, reporting 5.5% ownership in $CTL - https://fintel.io/so/us/ctl

[Wallstreetwarriors]

Big run coming here !!!

[71tj]

Anyone see that After hour buy of 11 mill ?

[inforthemoney2]

Pay Day..

[T695]

just picked up some shares for earnibngs AH

[ValueInvestor15]

CenturyLink $CTL fundamental analysis highlights stock's 6% undervalued b4 earnings Wednesday:

Fair Value Analysis

[inforthemoney2]

Some huge after hour T trade buys..CTL

[inforthemoney2]

Nice pickup in the last couple of days. CTL

[Bernie-UK]

This is just a short term blip imo. Shorter taking advantage of market declines over last few days.

[Prudent Capitalist]

It is becoming apparent that the market does not believe this deal will be completed. One would have to assume LVLT had some protections in the Agreement based on CTL's share price remaining up in a certain range. And, becoming more apparent that LVLT shareholders are not happy with the prospect and deal as there was clear long term additional value in LVLT given its additional unlit conduits, future projections and new $1 Billion in free cash flow this year and more going forward. The deal appears to be a disaster at this point.

[Bernie-UK]

My guess is that the market wants to see how the cash portion of the deal will be structured and people are taking advantage and shorting it in the meantime.

[slacker01]

Doesn't make a lick of sense to me. We are $3.00 below where we were before earnigns (which was at upper end of scale) and before the merger was introduced. So what I am seeing here is we are all of a sudden worth 12% than we were precviously. I'm dumbfounded by these actions.

[71tj]

Would be nice to were the bottom is? all the insider dumping =(

[JJE1]

Why the decline here?

[ClarkKant]

Wow, CTL just scolded the FCC, the same organization that it needs their blessing on for the deal.

Probably not a good move and traders agree it was not a good move.

[inforthemoney2]

I agree. If the deal is inked next week as stated we could see some nice action up to it and beyond imo.

[FutureBankruptcy]

news making this a very interesting play

[BettingAngles]

Finally-Bottom Bounce in progress..

[Chalicham]

Me too @39; hoping for revarsal soon.

[Jarran505]

Got in at 39.70, I have a ways to go lol

[Stump]

Had an interesting conversation with tech Suport for this company 3/11/2015. I get speeds as low as .3 yes that is a point. They cannot even deliver 1. When I told tech support that he told me it was over sold in this area. Also that they have no plans of correcting it.
So I will do what I can to help. I plan to let as manny people as possible know. It is so bad I had to use my ATT SERVICE TO PAY THERE BILL LAST MONTH. I will be trying to help them out since they are over sold I will see how many of there customers I can help them get rid of.

[stocktrademan]

$CTL DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/CTL

bullish
quick trade

bullish price objective 79


$CTL recent news/filings

## source: finance.yahoo.com

Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:25:00 GMT ~ AT&T, Verizon Unlikely To Go REIT, Frontier May

[at Investor's Business Daily] - Frontier Communications (FTR) is the likeliest phone company to follow Windstream Holdings in restructuring as a real estate investment trust, if institutional investors signal their approval, speculates ...

read full: http://news.investors.com/122614-732159-institutional-investor-reaction-key-to-telecom-reit-conversions.htm?ven=yahoocp&src=aurlled&ven=yahoo
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Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:00:00 GMT ~ CenturyLink recognized as a visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Asia Pacific

[CNW Group] - CenturyLink recognized as a visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Asia Pacific

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-recognized-visionary-gartners-magic-020000825.html
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Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:20:02 GMT ~ CenturyLink Acquires Cognilytics to Strengthen IT Offerings


read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-acquires-cognilytics-strengthen-offerings-222002613.html
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Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:30:00 GMT ~ CenturyLink acquires Cognilytics to extend its IT services, Big Data and advanced predictive analytics capabilities

[PR Newswire] - MONROE, La. and SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL) today announced the acquisition of Cognilytics, a leading provider of advanced predictive analytics and Big Data solutions to mid-sized and large enterprises. Cognilytics helps businesses convert "data to decisions" through deep expertise in Big Data deployment, management, advanced decision sciences, predictive analytics and data visualization. "We are excited to expand CenturyLink's IT Services, Big Data and predictive analytics capabilities through the addition of Cognilytics," said Glen F. Post, III, chief executive officer and president.

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-acquires-cognilytics-extend-services-213000246.html
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Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:30:00 GMT ~ CenturyLink acquires Cognilytics to extend its IT services, Big Data and advanced predictive analytics capabilities

[CNW Group] - CenturyLink acquires Cognilytics to extend its IT services, Big Data and advanced predictive analytics capabilities

read full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/centurylink-acquires-cognilytics-extend-services-213000043.html
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$CTL charts

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$CTL company information

## source: otcmarkets.com

Link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/company-info
Ticker: $CTL
OTC Market Place: Not Available
CIK code: 0000018926
Company name: CenturyLink, Inc.
Company website: http://www.centurytel.com
Incorporated In: LA, USA


$CTL share structure

## source: otcmarkets.com

Market Value: $22,930,938,592 a/o Dec 24, 2014
Shares Outstanding: 570,705,291 a/o Oct 31, 2014
Float: Not Available
Authorized Shares: Not Available
Par Value: 1
$CTL extra dd links

Company name: CenturyLink, Inc.
Company website: http://www.centurytel.com

## STOCK DETAILS ##
After Hours Quote (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/after-hours
Option Chain (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/option-chain
Historical Prices (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=CTL+Historical+Prices
Company Profile (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=CTL+Profile
Industry (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/in?s=CTL+Industry

## COMPANY NEWS ##
Market Stream (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/stream
Latest news (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/news - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=CTL+Headlines

## STOCK ANALYSIS ##
Analyst Research (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/analyst-research
Guru Analysis (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/guru-analysis
Stock Report (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/stock-report
Competitors (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/competitors
Stock Consultant (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/stock-consultant
Stock Comparison (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/stock-comparison
Investopedia (investopedia.com): http://www.investopedia.com/markets/stocks/CTL/?wa=0
Research Reports (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/research
Basic Tech. Analysis (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=CTL+Basic+Tech.+Analysis
Barchart (barchart.com): http://www.barchart.com/quotes/stocks/CTL
DTCC (dtcc.com): http://search2.dtcc.com/?q=CenturyLink%2C+Inc.&x=10&y=8&sp_p=all&sp_f=ISO-8859-1
Spoke company information (spoke.com): http://www.spoke.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=CenturyLink%2C+Inc.
Corporation WIKI (corporationwiki.com): http://www.corporationwiki.com/search/results?term=CenturyLink%2C+Inc.&x=0&y=0
WHOIS (domaintools.com): http://whois.domaintools.com/http://www.centurytel.com
Alexa (alexa.com): http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.centurytel.com#
Corporate website internet archive (archive.org): http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.centurytel.com

## FUNDAMENTALS ##
Call Transcripts (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/call-transcripts
Annual Report (companyspotlight.com): http://www.companyspotlight.com/library/companies/keyword/CTL
Income Statement (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/financials?query=income-statement
Revenue/EPS (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/revenue-eps
SEC Filings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/sec-filings
Edgar filings (sec.gov): http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000018926&owner=exclude&count=40
Latest filings (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/filings
Latest financials (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/financials
Short Interest (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/short-interest
Dividend History (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/dividend-history
RegSho (regsho.com): http://www.regsho.com/tools/symbol_stats.php?sym=CTL&search=search
OTC Short Report (otcshortreport.com): http://otcshortreport.com/index.php?index=CTL
Short Sales (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/short-sales
Key Statistics (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=CTL+Key+Statistics
Insider Roster (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=CTL+Insider+Roster
Income Statement (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=CTL
Balance Sheet (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=CTL
Cash Flow (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=CTL+Cash+Flow&annual

## HOLDINGS ##
Major holdings (cnbc.com): http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/CTL/tab/8.1
Insider transactions (yahoo.com): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=CTL+Insider+Transactions
Insider transactions (secform4.com): http://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/CTL.htm
Insider transactions (insidercrow.com): http://www.insidercow.com/history/company.jsp?company=CTL
Ownership Summary (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/ownership-summary
Institutional Holdings (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/institutional-holdings
Insiders (SEC Form 4) (nasdaq.com): http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/CTL/insider-trades
Insider Disclosure (otcmarkets.com): http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CTL/insider-transactions

## SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER VARIOUS SOURCES ##
PST (pennystocktweets.com): http://www.pennystocktweets.com/stocks/profile/CTL
Market Watch (marketwatch.com): http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/CTL
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com): http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CTL:US
Morningstar (morningstar.com): http://quotes.morningstar.com/stock/s?t=CTL
Bussinessweek (businessweek.com): http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=CTL



$CTL DD Notes ~ http://www.ddnotesmaker.com/CTL

[eastunder]

I'm sure that will take some time but I'm all for it! ;)
Good luck!

[wer123]

Thanks for the heads up. I never sold one share.

[eastunder]

CenturyLink To Fill The February Gap Caused By The Dividend Cut
Mar 29 2013, 18:23 by: Stone Fox Capital

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1309421-centurylink-to-fill-the-february-gap-caused-by-the-dividend-cut?source=yahoo

As investors might remember, back in mid-February CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL) did the unthinkable at the time. The company slashed the dividend in order to better allocate cash and implement a more flexible stock buyback plan (see Did CenturyLink Just Become A Gold Mine To New Investors?). The mega-cap stock plunged 26%, which is unheard of for a stock that still maintains a market cap of $22B.

As cooler heads prevailed, the third largest telecommunications provider in the U.S. has rebounded sharply from the initial lows below $32. At the current price over $35, savvy investors have already made 10% from those first day lows.

Recap Of New Capital Allocation Strategy

Before going too far let's recap what the company outlined in the revised capital allocation strategy as follows:

Authorized the repurchase of up to an aggregate $2.0 billion of the company's outstanding common stock. The company expects to complete the program by its scheduled termination date of February 13, 2015.

Intention to revise the company's quarterly dividend rate to $0.54 from $0.725 per share. The board expects to approve this new rate at its next regularly scheduled meeting on February 26, 2013, with the change effective with the March 2013 quarterly dividend payment.

Expects to utilize a portion of its free cash flow generated in 2013 and 2014 to repay debt and maintain leverage at less than 3.0 times EBITDA.

The company will save around $460M on the annual dividend payments and could spend up to $1B a year on the buybacks. Investors piling into the stock since it got whacked last month will want to see the company having implemented the buyback. The current stock price is too cheap if the new allocation strategy is a legitimate move to a flexible buyback plan. Without making any purchases, the skeptical shorts will press the stock as the suggestion will be that the company announced the switch to a buyback in order to mask the dividend cut.

Highly Shorted Stock

Speaking of the shorts, DividendChannel.com posted an interesting study on Forbes highlighting the huge rise in "days to cover" short shares on CenturyLink. The company is now the 63rd most shorted S&P 500 stock based on that metric. After the dividend cut and a huge drop in the stock price, it is odd that the shares' short exploded.

Even with the recent stock gains, it still has a dividend yield of over 6% that the shorts have to fight. What is the likelihood that the company would spend the time discussing stock buybacks and anytime in the near future cut the dividend again? The answer is close to zilch.

Stock Chart

Any average technical investor knows that when a stock creates a gap on the opening from the previous day, the gap normally gets filled. Whether the gap was up or down, the investment community typically gets overly bullish or bearish based on one piece of news causing the sudden irrational move. The gap isn't always filled, but the below chart appears set up for a run back to $41:



Conclusion

If the company has been able to initiate the buyback program of nearly $1B a year, it will be able to repurchase nearly 5% of the outstanding shares while still paying a 6% dividend. Even though the stock is up nearly 10% from the lows, investors still have time to buy CenturyLink on the cheap as investors made an incredibly irrational decision to unload the stock. Shifting the capital allocation plan from a dividend to a buyback is hardly a solid reason to unload a stock. New investors still get the opportunity to benefit from the illogical mindset of the investment community as the stock ought to eventually fill that gap back to $41.

[KING_TRADER$]

BUY HOLD WIN

[eastunder]

Did CenturyLink Just Become A Gold Mine To New Investors?

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1199831-did-centurylink-just-become-a-gold-mine-to-new-investors?source=yahoo


Last week CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL) did the unthinkable by slashing the dividend in favor of a more flexible stock buyback program. In response, investors slashed the stock price 26% to correspond with the dividend cut. Were investors being rational?

Per the company, it is the third largest telecommunications provider in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services.

Revised Capital Allocation Strategy

The company announced the following revised capital allocation plans:

Authorized the repurchase of up to an aggregate $2.0 billion of the company's outstanding common stock. The company expects to complete the program by its scheduled termination date of February 13, 2015.

Intention to revise the company's quarterly dividend rate to $0.54 from $0.725 per share. The board expects to approve this new rate at its next regularly scheduled meeting on February 26, 2013, with the change effective with the March 2013 quarterly dividend payment.

Expects to utilize a portion of its free cash flow generated in 2013 and 2014 to repay debt and maintain leverage at less than 3.0 times EBITDA

The media outlets initially played this announcement as a dividend cut only that fed into the fears of investors that the wireline focused company was struggling. The odd part is that the stock sold off so much considering the constant debate on whether the high dividend yield of around 7% was sustainable.

Now with the massive stock plunge, new investors get a dividend yield of roughly 6.5% along with the company promising to repurchase 10% of the outstanding stock at the current valuation plus pay down debt.

Dividends Versus Buybacks

The heart of the stock selloff is the debate of dividends versus stock buybacks. For whatever reason, investors have the mindset that a company that mind numbingly paying dividends is preferred over a capital allocation strategy that allows the board of directors the flexibility to utilize dividends or buybacks depending on the market conditions and stock price.

The company reported roughly 622M shares outstanding suggesting the dividend cut of $0.74 per year would save $460M in annual dividend payments. Conversely, the company now plans to spend $1B a year on share buybacks. Simple math suggests the company will now spend over $500M more on returning capital to shareholders.

Bottom Line

The management of CenturyLink made a brilliant capital allocation strategy that should benefit new investors. Existing investors aren't likely to be in a good mood considering the stock plunged back to levels not seen since the end of 2011.

For new investors, not only is the plan to return more capital to them, but also the stock is over 20% cheaper after the announcement. Smart investors will take advantage of this situation that could only occur in the bizarre stock market stuck in tradition and not facts. Returning more capital to investors and paying down debt is much preferred over keeping the absurd tradition of not cutting the dividend.

[KING_TRADER$]

Def good time to buy CTL IMO. Dropped to the 2009s level in one day. This is OVERSOLD. If company carries through with their $2 billion share buyback plans by 2015, this thing will reach a new higher high levels. Without taking that into consideration, the share should be able to get back up to the $36-38s zone easily IMO. Solid/strong company to be trading at this cheap level. I added some and will be considering adding MORE on the dips. The gap down should be filled in the next few days. buy on opportunity!

[3kidsplus1]

Is this a good time to buy CTL or should I wait to see what the next few weeks will bring?

[wer123]

I think their business model is proving to be flawed. In an industry where hard wire communication is losing market share, organic growth through acquisitions has does not translate to never ending revenues. I think the ponzi scheme has hit the wall. That's not to say they haven't stopped the bleeding, only a rethink is necessary.