Worse yet was the uproar Salinas caused in June when he instructed the board of TV Azteca to rescue his new phone company.

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The collection holds rare gems such as interviews with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, both of whom discuss some of the rationale behind Apple's name -- Jobs asserts that it was selected to place his company ahead of Atari in the phone book.

ENGADGET: Stanford archives provide rare glimpse into Apple's early days as mere seedling (video)

Looking over the family budget on Sunday night, Mr. Boedy said, his wife marveled at how much of it was going to the phone company.

WSJ: Cellphones Are Eating the Family Budget

Just as Seidenberg climbed the ladder from assistant technician to CEO, he's helped his company grow from Baby Bell to become the mother of all regional phone companies.

FORBES: Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg

Even James Murdoch admitted, in evidence to MPs, that last week's revelation that his company had hired a private detective to spy on lawyers representing the victims of phone-hacking and their families was "appalling" and "unacceptable".

BBC: An anxious time for the UK's newspaper bosses

Charter Equity analyst Edward Snyder this morning raised his rating on mobile phone chip maker Skyworks Solutions to Buy from Hold, asserting that the company will get a boost in 2013 from higher content in the Apple iPhone 5.

FORBES: Skyworks: Charter Equity Ups Rating On iPhone 5 Win