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O'Boyle: Regulators 'Should Block' Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 9:19am | 830Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) plans to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE: TWC) for approximately $55 billion. The deal comes a month after the demise of the proposed merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). Unfazed by that failure, investors...
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Will Data Caps Prevent The Next Netflix From Happening?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 3:56pm | 485Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) got into a bit of trouble after its executive VP David Cohen told reporters he expects the company to move to a "usage-based billing model" in the next five years. Cohen (who is also Comcast's Chief Diversity Officer) tried to clarify his comments with a blog post on...
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AT&T And DirecTV Merger Is 'Bad For All Consumers'
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 10:30am | 613AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to purchase DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) for $48.5 billion. In a press release, both companies brag that it will create a "content distribution leader" across mobile, video and broadband. AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson referred to the merger as a "unique...