Growing customer base boosts Verizon 1Q profit by 9.8 pct

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer, Technology / Business

(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday reported steady earnings in a stormy economy. The country's second-largest telecommunications company said first-quarter earnings rose 9.8 percent as its wireless division signed up more new customers than rival carriers did.

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