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...AT&T’s unequivocal victory vindicates beleaguered boss Randall Stephenson, adding lustre to a checkered dealmaking record....
...On Wednesday, Jeffrey Bewkes, chief executive of Time Warner, told the court that the tie-up was a response to the rise of Silicon Valley companies like Netflix and Google....
...The decision is a win for Randall Stephenson, AT&T chief executive, and Jeffrey Bewkes, his Time Warner counterpart, who argued that the tie-up between their two companies was necessary to compete with the...
...Randall Stephenson, the chief executive of AT&T, was expected to testify later this week. The Department of Justice rested its case on Tuesday....
...“I’m a novice in the world of politics,” Mr Stephenson said....
...Call that the ultimate “vertical integration”, a cliché Mr Stephenson and Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner boss, tossed around when discussing their $108bn tie-up....
...“This is a classic vertical merger and it eliminates no competitors from any market,” Mr Stephenson said....
...Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, expressed confidence that the deal would be approved, saying there was no overlap between the two businesses. “This is not a horizontal deal....
...“We believe premium content is always going to win,” Mr Stephenson said on a media call to announce the deal....
...Mr Stephenson said outright ownership of popular shows such as Game of Thrones and Veep would enable the company to “innovate our content much quicker”....
...Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson, Borough Press, RRP£20 / William Morrow, RRP$35 Stephenson’s dense, detailed epic shows humankind struggling to save what it can of itself against a ticking-clock doomsday...
...Frank Stephenson, design director at McLaren Automotive, remembers standing in a hotel lobby in the Caribbean and gazing at the arcing torso of a wall-mounted sailfish....
...Sean Jeffrey, a solicitor at Stephenson Harwood who represented Vincent Tchenguiz, said: “This case will be the cause of changes that will go a long way to ensure that thorough and proper steps are taken...
...Like Ms Stephenson, Prof Podolny believes big changes require the buy-in by professors....
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