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AT&T gets US4.85 billion balance sheet anchor from largest wireless tower lot agreement Crown Castle

Crown Castle International Corp was set to own AT&T Inc's 600 wireless towers and be an exclusive operator of the US phone company's 9,100 other towers for a premium price of USD4.85 billion.


Bezos seen investing up to USD50 million on Web series like Betas to lure potential shoppers

In the midst of declining traditional TV viewership, Amazon had been seen attracting potential shoppers to watch its original content like Web series "Betas."

Office Depot-Office Max merger to get FTC approval

There would be no obstacle to the USD976 million all-stick consolidation of Office Depot and Office Max Inc as according to unnamed sources in a Wall Street Journal report, the Federal Trade Commission would be approving the merger.

Nokia's cash deal paves way for Alcatel-Lucent buyout- report

A Bloomberg report revealed that Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia Oyj's handset business allowed the latter to purchase the wireless network equipment business of Alcatel-Lucent.


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