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Is AT&T Ready to Dial Growth for Investors?

AT&T provides communications products and services to growing consumers and companies across the nation. The stock has seen a modest run over the last several years but is now bumping up against a long-term ...

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US Cellular closes Sprint deal, announces dividend

United States Cellular Corp., the sixth-largest cellphone carrier in the country, on Friday closed on the sale of some of its Midwestern markets to No. 3 Sprint Nextel Corp. and announced that it's handing ...

3 Telecom Stocks Seeing Action: Sprint’s Clearwire Bid Isn’t Good Enough, New FCC Chair Dumps Verizon Shares, and T-Mobile’s ISIS Fiasco

US FCC nominee Wheeler will divest holdings if confirmed

U.S. FCC nominee Wheeler to divest telecoms holdings if confirmed

[audio] Newscast: Stocks head for a fourth week of gains

MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell reports stocks on track for gains after positive news on consumer sentiment, economic indicators.

Facebook's Rock-Star 'Status' Vanishes

Twelve months and one incredibly-rocky IPO later, and it’s clear that Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has failed to come close to those unrealistic expectations.

Twitter Teams With NBA to Stream Basketball Replay Videos

Sprint In A Panic Over Losing Vote Has Clearwire Working The Phones

Shareholders are not buying the inadequate Sprint bid for Clearwire at $2.97 per share. With just days left to the vote on the deal by minority shareholders, Clearwire continues to trade 10% higher than the offer. A majority of the Minority shareholders must approve the deal which grossly undervalues the Clearwire spectrum by any rational measure. Other bidders have emerged to validate that view including Verizon and DISH. If Clearwire is starved into bankruptcy, the bondholders not Sprint own the spectrum. Sprint itself is in play now, too, so maybe some day Sprint will get new, quality management....

U.S. Cellular declares $5.75 per share special dividend

The board of United States Cellular (USM) has declared a special cash dividend of $5.75 per common share for an aggregate amount of approximately $481M. Payment will be made on June 25 to shareholders ...

U.S. Cellular (USM) Declares $5.75 Special Dividend; 15.2% Yield

Sprint, Clearwire Deal Unlikely to Get Shareholder OK

Clearwire’s minority shareholders reportedly are expected to vote down next week a buyout offer from Sprint, pushing the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier to sweeten its bid.