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AT&T (T) May Change T-Mobile Deal
AT&T, stuck with resistance from the government and a court ruling which as further delay a deal to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom, may revise terms in an effort to close a…
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Dish Network Interested in T-Mobile Should Deal with AT&T Fail (DISH, T, S)
The CEO of Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) would be interested in some kind of unspecified partner arrangement with T-Mobile USA if the proposed $39 billion deal with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)…
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Media Digest (12/12/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Worries about the EU solution to the sovereign debt crisis rise. (Reuters) U.S. firms will be asked to disclose relationships with Syria and Iran. (FT) Many jobless Americans face cut off of benefits at…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/8/2011) Macy’s vs. Martha Stewart, Apple Grand Central
Still No Eurozone Rescue. The rescue of the financially weak eurozone nations becomes more confused by the day. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner continues to tour the region. He wants to convince area finance ministers…
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Media Digest (12/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
S&P may downgrade the EU and the largest eurozone banks. (Reuters) France and Germany continue to press new eurozone treaty measures that would help trigger new financing for the region. (Reuters) Japan says…
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AT&T (T) Will Press T-Mobile Deal
AT&T (NYSE: T) said it would work to close its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile despite FCC objections. If the deal does not go through AT&T owes T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom…
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The Biggest Corporate Layoffs of All Time
Eleven American companies have laid off a total of nearly 600,000 people in the past two decades. Each also fired a large number of employees at one time to earn it a…
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Clearwire to Offer $300 Million in Stock (CLWR, S, T, VZ, VOD)
Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) yesterday filed a shelf registration document with the US SEC and nearly simultaneously announced that it planned to offer $300 million in class A common stock in a…
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More DJIA Stocks Set to Hike Dividends Very Soon (DIS, DIA, T, VZ, CSCO, KO, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, PFE, MRK, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)
Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with another dividend…
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Media Digest (12/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Auto sales reach a two-year high. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), resigns and will be replaced by the COO. (Reuters) The intellectual property battle between Apple (NASDAQ:…
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Media Digest (12/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Bain may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) along with Asian partners Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan. (Reuters) China’s PMI contracts for the first time in three years. (Reuters) The…
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AT&T Considers New Plan For T-Mobile
AT&T (NYSE: T) planned to buy the T-Mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The deal for the purchase of the No.4 wireless firm in the US has been effectively blocked…
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AT&T (T) And China Telecom Create New Partnership
AT&T (NYSE: T) and China Telecom announced that they would expand AT&T’s existing IP-VPN service in China and connect the China Telecom and AT&T MPLS-based IP networks in the United States AT&T…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:20am ET
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Media Digest (11/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
The EU continues to work on its bailout fund and may ask the IMF for help. (Reuters) American Airlines parent AMR (NYSE: AMR) files for Chapter 11. (Reuters) S&P cuts its ratings on…
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FCC Attacks AT&T (T)
Documents from the FCC analysed by The Wall Street Journal show the extent to which the agency resisted a deal for AT&T (NYSE: T) to buy T-Mobile. The documents said that the merger…
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