FairPoint takes investors on wild ride

Bulls say volatility in the telco’s share price is worth it, but bears are steering clear

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By Leah McGrath Goodman

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Illustration: Joe McLaren

Rarely has a stock so brazenly confounded the experts — while also placing them under its spell — as FairPoint Communications, a long-struggling, recently bankrupt telecommunications company in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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