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• In 1997 he hired AT&T highflier Joe Nacchio, who by 2000 had taken Qwest from 4,500 miles of fiber to 18,000 miles, an IPO and a $40 billion takeover of baby bell US West. The Man Behind the Curtain
• He said "no one could stop me when I was in the air" and there seemed to be little doubt he would be a highflier in the NBA. A Knick Recasts His Game
• Mr. Silverstein also has his eye on Sycamore Networks Inc., a former highflier that has been struggling to recover since its fall but has been buffered by large holdings of cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet. Telecommunications Equipment
• Highflier company has launched the R/C helicopter 50 with multinomial independent intellectual property –Aeolus 50.
• The effort is the latest by Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz to jumpstart revenue growth at the onetime highflier. Yahoo Prepares New Web Ad Push
• Both ReachLocal and OpenTable—like another former highflier, Netflix —are hoping that growth overseas will now help them drive sales. No Groupon Therapy for Web Stars
• The one-time Silicon Valley highflier, which makes software companies use to manage salespeople and call centers, has been in a tailspin for three years.
• And highfliers with thriving core businesses pump capital into excess capacity or real estate boondoggles - or siphon funds into private projects.
• Twitter became an online highflier by letting users post 140-character messages that people started calling "tweets. Fowl Language: Companies Squawk About Who Gets 'Tweet'
• Perhaps more shocking is the poor performance handed in by the state capital, Sacramento, a former highflier (now mired at No. 54) and San Diego, a high-tech haven with a near perfect climate (No. 48). The Worst Cities For Jobs