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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it paused its "shot-clock" on the review of the proposed $45 billion merger between the two largest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc.

U.S. telecommunications regulators will vote on Thursday on whether to formally propose new "net neutrality" rules that may let Internet service providers charge content companies for faster and more reliable delivery of their traffic to users.

More than 100 technology companies, including Google Inc, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Amazon.com Inc, have written to U.S. telecom regulators to oppose a new "net neutrality" plan that would regulate how Internet providers manage Web traffic.

Sources told the Financial Times that billionaire George Soros has bought a 3.1% stake in Spanish builder FCC. The acquisition happened just three months after Microsoft's Bill Gates also made a bet on the company.

Shares of debt-laden construction firm FCC SA leaped by as much as 8.8% on Friday following news that American hedge fund Soros Fund Management, controlled by billionaire George Soros, had acquired a 3% stake in the company.

Bill Gates bought a 6% stake in Spain's FCC for EUR 113.5 million.

CenturyLink Inc would receive USD54 million from the Connect America Fund of the FCC to finance the broadband services in suburban homes of high-cost areas.

Triton Fund announced that it would acquire Alpine Energie from FCC.

Softbank joins the US wireless market after FCC approval for Sprint bid.

US regulators finally approved the acquisition bid from SoftBank Corp to take control over Sprint Nextel.

Alpine Bau, the insolvent arm of Spain's construction group FCC, could break up with the failure of last-ditch talks to save the company.

The Austrian construction group Alpine Bau claims insolvency, and stands to be the largest ever in Austrian history.