Hints and tips:
...Besides representing a security risk, the White House has warned that the Chinese company’s growing influence could squeeze the US out of an important communications technology....
...Quick reminder that Dumb and Dumber (AT&T and Verizon) and Big Cable (Comcast and Charter Communications) won’t need to worry about Legere. He’s got one foot out of the door....
...The aim would appear to be building a marketing and communications services group that echoes his approach in building WPP, which he built through decades of canny dealmaking....
...Andy Barr of Kentucky said: “You are putting off raising rates; it seems contradictory to the lack of attention the Fed seems to be giving to over-regulation as an impediment to economic recovery.”...
...The chat channel grew so crowded with new participants that communication was close to impossible – the messages scrolled too quickly up the screen....
...AG Barr, the soft drinks maker, rose 0.5 per cent to £11.00 on the back of “buy” advice from Collins Stewart....
...cyberactivists who attacked businesses hostile to WikiLeaks is likely to yield arrests of senior members of the group after they left clues to their real identities on Facebook and in other electronic communications...
...“Unclear communication from the company is unhelpful but provides a good opportunity to buy the stock.” Oil remained the main driver for the wider market....
...Take AT&T’s announcement a week ago that it would buy Centennial Communications for $8.50 a share....
...The review process, originally set to be completed by the end of the year, is now expected to drag into the first quarter of next year, according to William Osborn, a director who is overseeing the process...
...He added that the settlement with Barr would focus the minds of specialty pharmaceutical companies looking for acquisitions - such as Switzerland’s Serono and MedImmune of the US....
...Wall Street failed to establish clear direction in morning trade as regulatory concerns at insurer American International Group overshadowed Verizon Communications' move to buy MCI Communications in a deal...
...This effort has been aided by an accommodating US press that treats Super Bowl ads as an art form rather than an instrument of corporate communication....
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