SOUND BITES
CURBSIDE SKYCAP WORTH IT NEXT TIME
“Next time, I’ll pay the two bucks.”
Joe Krause, of Omaha, who missed his United flight at Denver International Airport because he waited in line to check his bags at the inside counter inside of paying the airline’s new $2-per-bag fee for skycap service at curbside.
HE’LL SETTLE FOR A MEASLY $996 MILLION
“I was hoping to hit ($1 billion) today, but I didn’t.”
J.C. Waller, portfolio manager of Icon Energy Fund, Colorado’s top-performing mutual fund in the third quarter, up 25 percent, with a value of $996 million.
HE SAYS NO TO PAY-AS-YOU-GO
“I prefer a monthly plan. And I don’t mind pushing 2 for Spanish.”
Luis Diaz, a Cricket cellphone customer, perusing the new Movida cellphone service at a Denver Wal-Mart. Movida’s niche marketing to Latinos, particularly Mexican immigrant workers in the U.S., includes the slogan, “For English, Press 2.”
QWEST HAS NO PLANS TO REVIVE MCI BID
“This is the just the last spade of dirt on the casket.”
Tom Friedberg, telecom analyst, on last week’s report that Qwest has no plans to revive its bid for MCI, whose shareholders are expected Thursday to approve Verizon’s $8.5 billion takeover.
