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...Disney has also reportedly talked to Amazon and Verizon about partnerships in a revamped ESPN, which is under financial pressure from the increasing cost of broadcasting live sports....
...But Globalstar comes with a satellite network plus approval for satellite-based mobile services. Apple’s new partnership gives iPhones another advantage....
...The streaming service added 7m retail US subscribers in 2021, including 1.3m in the fourth quarter, helped by a programming slate containing new seasons of Succession, Insecure and Warner Bros movies such...
...Group Q3, Saab Q3, Schlumberger Q3, Sika Q3 World events Finally, here is a rundown of other events and milestones this week....
...Verizon is also expanding its partnerships with school districts in the US to provide students with discounts on unlimited wireless internet plans and hotspots, tablets and other tools to stay connected....
...He joins from financial services group Siebert Williams Shank & Co where he worked as president of corporate finance and capital markets....
...The US pharmaceuticals group AbbVie sealed one of the largest US corporate bond deals on record on Tuesday to finance its $83bn takeover of rival Allergan....
...Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products is listed in Shenzhen, focusing on vaccine R&D and sales....
...T-Mobile and Sprint have pressured Verizon and AT&T to lower their prices and improve their services in turn....
...“Verizon finished 2018 by delivering solid financial and operational performance, as evidenced by our strong wireless service revenue and earnings growth,” said Hans Vestberg, Verizon chief executive....
...on innovation and building deeper relationships; (c) the strength of its partnerships with global tech leaders / their importance as a source of competitive advantage and; (d) the positive impact of sustained...
...In its wireless business, Verizon added a net 531,000 retail customers as growth in phone subscribers and connected wearable devices more than offset a decline in tablet users....
...A Deutsche-Goldman tie-up would have its own problems, of course, and be far more politically sensitive, but it’d be a cheap deal....
...The decision could affect strategy at media groups and former corporate stablemates CBS and Viacom, which this year held talks on remerging....
...But even as media and telecoms groups size each other up, they cannot ignore the elephant in the room....
...Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s chairman and chief executive, said: “Verizon reignited its growth engine in the quarter, both adding and retaining wireless customers while scaling our media business and continuing...
...“The Verizon deal was $50bn and that was investment grade,” referring to the largest corporate bond that was used to back a deal for Verizon to buy full control of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone....
...“The combined set of assets across Verizon and Oath, from [virtual reality] to [artificial intelligence], 5G [wireless network] to [the internet of things], from content partnerships to originals, will create...
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...Only a $49bn debt sale from Verizon in 2013 and $46bn bond offering from Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2016 have been larger....
...buyers including Verizon and John Malone’s Charter Communications....
...Analysts pointed to several reasons why Amazon’s partnership with JPMorgan and Berkshire could change the status quo....
...Comcast, the US cable operator, and Verizon, the US telecoms group, are also in the hunt for the Fox assets....
...Kerrisdale’s primary thesis, however, is that the 5G service Verizon is desperate to build out will be a flop....
...customers because they are charged for their wireless service on a monthly basis....
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