Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) inches up 0.71% in pre trading session on Thursday as the firm has deviated from the trend of three quarters of customer reductions in a significant area of its business. At a Citi investor conference on Wednesday, Chief Executive Hans Vestberg avoided giving too much of a preview of Verizon's (VZ) fourth quarter, although he did mention that Verizon achieved its aim of recording positive net additions in its consumer business. Although the promotional atmosphere is often somewhat enhanced over the holiday season, Verizon didn't see "unusually...