Once again, Verizon’s Q3 ’09 earnings were a story of losses and gains. During the third quarter, Verizon’s profit came out ahead of analyst expectations as profit only declined ‘a less-than-expected’ 9 percent. Company profit declined $2.89 billion, or 41 cents a share, from $3.2 billion, or 59 cents a share, in the same quarter in 2008. At the same time, Verizon saw its revenue jump 10.2 …

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Verizon Q3 ’09: FiOS leads the wireline way (FierceTelecom)