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...This month, a consortium of global telecoms standards organisations declared plans to work on a sixth generation of superfast wireless cellular communications specifications....
...Monday France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US: S&P Global/Cips/HCOB manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data Germany: monthly retail sales figures Results: Cranswick Q1 trading...
...Communications Q4 Wednesday Australia, Q4 and December CPI inflation rate data Belgium, NBB Business Climate survey Canada, Bank of Canada monetary policy committee rate announcement Germany, January...
...Drahi instead settled on a smaller prize: paying $28bn for two subscale regional telecoms companies, Suddenlink Communications and Cablevision....
...Telco Verizon Communications and chipmaker Texas Instruments also report....
...Verizon, which already has $129bn of total debt and is set to pay $3bn in cash to acquire America Movil’s TracFone Wireless, will have to issue more debt to pay for its new 5G spectrum, say analysts....
...The Chinese company — also a trailblazer in 4G — sued Verizon Communications in February, accusing the American wireless carrier of infringing on its patents....
...As the only corporate function with “human” in its title, it is hardly surprising HR managers have had to rise to the challenge of supporting staff through a crisis with profound personal implications for...
...Since 2016, we estimate the Kingfisher P&L has had an £81m transactional benefit from weaker sterling. FX could become a headwind once trade talks are agreed (or not)....
...That matched an earlier networking acquisition that pushed it deeper into 5G wireless communications infrastructure, and has strengthened its position in two of the biggest growth markets for chips....
...L’Oréal Sector: cosmetics / HQ: Paris, France Key stat: Online sales jumped 53 per cent in the first quarter....
...L.P. (“KKR”) and GK Investment Holding Group SA (“GKI”) (each a “Potential Offeror”) regarding possible offers for the Company....
...FY19 results last week also indicated that 2H19 saw a – frankly – VAST uptick in NGP investment through the P&L. BAT invested an incremental £700m+ in NGPs in 2019, of which ~£600m came in 2H19....
...Before accounting rules changed and forced companies to put equity compensation in the GAAP P&L, the underlying shares still appeared in the sections of securities filings that listed the details of stock...
...telecoms group’s stake in Verizon Wireless....
...(AT&T -15%, Verizon -3%, S&P 500 flat)....
...Verizon Communications....
...The move comes after the S&P 500 telcoms sector — which shrank to just three companies, including AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink, following a wave of consolidation — had been criticised as being held hostage...
...For example, Verizon Communications bought Verizon Wireless in 2013, with the stated goal of achieving a higher A credit rating in “four to five years”....
...S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI said late on Wednesday that it planned to ditch the telecommunications sector — which has been whittled down to just AT&T, Verizon Communications and CenturyLink after a wave...
...Wireless providers have been stepping up competition for customers....
...By comparison, the S&P 500 telecoms sector, which excludes T-Mobile but counts AT&T and Verizon Communications as its heaviest weights, is down 15 per cent so far in 2017....
...A deal with Sprint may offer Charter and Comcast more favourable terms on wireless services than they already receive through a tie-up with Verizon Communications....
...Analysts expected a loss of 1 cent a share on revenue of $8.14bn, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...Having advanced nearly 18 per cent last year, the S&P 500 telecoms sector, which counts AT&T and Verizon Communications as its heaviest weights, is down 15 per cent so far in 2017....
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