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The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Anders Bylund	Nortel to Alcatel: Maybe You Guys Can Make This Work Canadian communications specialist Nortel Networks announced that it will sell its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System operations to French counterpart Alcatel. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2005 Seth Jayson	Translated From the Canadian Nortel's earnings release doesn't make things very clear. Here's help with overcoming the language barrier.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rich Smith	Ciena Sings Same Song This quarter's gross showed a dramatic improvement not just over last year's, but over the previous two quarters of the fiscal year. But the telecom equipment maker is still losing money hand over fist. Investors, take note.
InternetNews July 7, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Nortel, Ciena Near IP Trial The U.S. International Trade Commission terminates its investigation of Nortel after Ciena is forced to withdraw its patent infringement claims.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Ben McClure	Nortel-Cisco Merger Unlikely Networking giant Cisco Systems publicly says that it's open to building a strategic partnership with struggling Nortel Networks, but that's a far cry from seeking a takeover. Investors shouldn't confuse the two.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2004 Bill Mann	No Telling With Nortel Well, at least the Canadian telecom is gaining market share. Or is it?
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lighting Up Lucent With only 6% projected long-term growth ahead of it, a P/E of 10 and a price-to-free-cash-flow ratio more than twice as large, this stock doesn't look like a buy.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Rich Smith	Ciena Slashes, Stock Burns A lesson in how not to stem losses: The telecom equipment maker had some good news for investors yesterday -- and some bad news, too.
InternetNews March 22, 2010	Ciena Pays $774M for Nortel's Ethernet Business Deal nets Ciena Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks business.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Bleeding Continues at Nortel Nortel lost billions in 2008. But some observers see reasons for optimism.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2009 Rich Smith	Smart Move, Ciena The Maryland telecom equipment maker spies a bargain.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Lucent Back in Black Company turns full-year-profitable, but dilution runs rampant.
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The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Seth Jayson	Nortel: Still Just Bad Until Nortel drops the fancification and admits it's got a self-perception problem, it's not clear if it will be able to clean up at home. And if it can't get things done there, what on earth can it do for investors?
The Motley Fool October 15, 2004 Seth Jayson	Juniper Clipped Networking high-flier spruces up, but investors whip out the shears.
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The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Still Black The networking specialist is set to report its fiscal second-quarter 2007. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Ciena Colored Red Nearly one week after reporting a rise in quarterly sales, operating profits of $2.8 million, and net profit per share of $0.12, shares of Ciena continued to fall yesterday, bringing the market-cap damage to 18% at last report. Why?
The Motley Fool May 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Ciena's Faulty Forecasting A global provider of intelligent network and service solutions, Ciena misses estimates again, as its gross margins collapse.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Feeling Nortel's Pain Before today's open, Nortel announced that its president and CEO had been "terminated for cause." Those are three words you never want to hear because they always mean bad news. But it gets worse. Also terminated with cause were the chief financial officer and controller.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 Anders Bylund	Nortel Implodes The bigger they come, the harder they fall. Networking and telecom gear maven Nortel Networks announced its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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InternetNews February 28, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Nortel's Slide Continues Once-high-flying networking vendor Nortel continues its decline, shedding employees and bleeding cash, while its CEO remains hopeful.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Shareholders Spooked In advance of earnings, analysts expect Ciena to drop profits by 90%.
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InternetNews January 16, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Nortel Bankruptcy a Canadian Tragedy At one time almost everyone in Canada owned a piece of Nortel. No more.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena May Give an Unpleasant Jolt With the networking equipment maker scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2008 results on Thursday, what should investors expect?
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Tom Taulli	Nortel's VoIP Money Call Nortel lands a deal with Verizon worth bragging about.
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The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Ciena Back in Black Investors, they say everybody loves a winner, and judging from the great amount of attention spawned by Ciena's return to profitability after a five-year hiatus, the saying holds true.
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InternetNews November 25, 2009	Ericsson Picks Up Nortel's GSM Assets Nortel today announced the winning bidder for its GSM and GSM-R wireless business units - a $103 million, all-cash joint bid from Swedish mobile vendor Ericsson and Austrian telecom Kapsch CarrierCom.
InternetNews November 23, 2009	Ciena Wins Nortel Carrier Ethernet, Optical Unit After upping its initial bid to $769 million, Ciena comes away a winner.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Anders Bylund	Your Best Ain't Good Enough, Alcatel Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent met its targets in the fourth quarter. But those targets were set awfully low.
InternetNews August 10, 2009	Nortel CEO Departs as Losses Continue After being brought on board four years ago to help turn around one-time telecom giant Nortel, its president and CEO, Mike Zafirovski, is now being shown the door.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Rich Smith	Ciena Still Bleeding But one Fool's still bullish.
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The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Rich Smith	Nortel's $99.5 Million Gamble The tech company shells out for a little-known router maker. Investors are hoping the deal works out for Nortel, because Nortel really isn't in a position where it can afford many mistakes.
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The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Anders Bylund	Ciena Is Building an Empire From Spare Parts Long-distance networking specialist Ciena beat its own sales targets in the fourth quarter.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Soothes The telecom equipment maker returns to Wall Street on Thursday to report its fiscal third-quarter 2006 results. Investors, will its winning streak continue?
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