Verizon profit jumps on Verizon Wireless takeover, but misses expectations
From CNET: Verizon's first quarter as sole owner of Verizon Wireless was a mixed one.
Verizon posted a first-quarter profit of $3.95 billion, or $1.15 a share. In the year-earlier period, it reported a profit of $2 billion, or 68 cents a share. Excluding one-time items such as an after-tax gain...