More mini-markets and supermarkets are emerging, but these are mostly one-off, independently owned operations.

The airline is privately owned and started operations on 19 August 2005.

"AT&T's strategy is to be in the local loop," he said, which could include owning cellular and cable operations in the same town.

The latest 9 months' results also include special pre-tax charges of $3,238,000 related to a modernization program for its 50 percent owned printing operations.

But his newest book rejects the notion that Japanese companies keep their best jobs in Japan when they own American operations.

At the time of his death, Stauffer owned 20 newspapers, two television stations, nine radio stations and several affiliated operations in 11 states.

But for the first time ever we own commercial operations in Los Angeles and New York.

AT&T's shareholders would continue to own the company's telephone and data communications operations, which include the nation's leading long-distance phone carrier.

Members have always been able to amend bylaws and elect a board of trustees, but have never owned organization assets or directly controlled operations.

About a penny a share of the earnings increase was realized from the sale of wholly owned bottling operations in Poland.