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MetroPCS shareholders approve takeover by T-Mobile
MetroPCS shareholders on Wednesday approved the company's acquisition by T-Mobile after T-Mobile sweetened its offer for the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier. The deal was approved after Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, reduced the...
Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, T-Mobile, Shareholders
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Tennis Channel suitors: Wait to see what appeals court serves
Potential suitors for the Tennis Channel might want to wait and see what the referees have to say about the cable network's serve before making any deals. Speculation is again heating up that the Tennis Channel, owned by several private equity firms...
Tags: News Corp., Television Industry, Bain Capital, LLC, Comcast Corporation, Tennis
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FCC needs to stop 'cramming' on cellphones
Wen Chao received a text message on her iPhone the other day from something called Ringtunecloud.com. It offered mobile content, such as ring tones, for $9.99 a month. Chao, 43, ignored it. About an hour and a half later, she received a more ambiguous...
Tags: Federal Trade Commission, Media Industry, Apple iPhone, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Germany fines Google $190,000 over Street View data collection
WASHINGTON -- A German regulator on Monday fined Google Inc., about $190,000 for illegally recording data from WiFi networks while taking mapping photos for its Street View service. The regulator complained the amount, limited by law, was too little to...
Tags: Fines, Germany, Interior Policy, Security, Punishment
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'Oblivion' cruises to top spot. U.S. movies down in China.
After the coffee. Before trying to avoid talking about Reese Witherspoon. The Skinny: "Mad Men" has developed an annoying habit of introducing a character without providing any background, which leaves viewers wondering whether it's a friend or relative...
Tags: Tom Cruise, Entertainment Events, 42 (movie), The Place Beyond the Pines (movie), Media Industry
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'Crood' awakening at box office. FCC's Genachowski stepping down.
After the coffee. Before getting up to speed on March Madness. The Skinny: I'm no college basketball fan and even I know Harvard winning is a big upset. So what did I do last night. I did laundry, ate falafel, cleaned the cat box and watched two...
Tags: Gavin MacLeod, Betty White, Paul Rudd, The Wall Street Journal, Mary Tyler Moore
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS merger approved by FCC
The Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS. The deal still has to be approved by MetroPCS shareholders during an April 12 meeting. “With today’s approval, America’s mobile market...
Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, Agriculture, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Media Industry, T-Mobile
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Big to-do list for new NBCU News chairman. 'Gatsby' to open Cannes.
After the coffee. Before figuring out why the Vatican didn't call me. The Skinny: I like "Mad Men." I hate all the hype around it. I don't need to analyze a new poster for the show. Tuesday's headlines include a look at the challenges facing the new...
Tags: Television Industry, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Today (tv program), CNBC (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Cellphone unlocking for all, not just for some
Librarian of Congress James Billington seems to have hit a nerve among his employers when, on the advice of Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pallante, he decided to end consumers' right to unlock their cellphones. Lawmakers have introduced, or...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Media Industry, Apple iPhone, Consumers, Computer Hardware
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Acceptable level of TV violence is ever shifting for viewers, execs
To any viewer who thinks "Sons of Anarchy" is too violent, consider the bright side: At least the castration scene got … um … deleted. Kurt Sutter, creator of the drama about a California motorcycle gang, presented the idea of showing a...
Tags: Television Industry, Police Investigations, The CW (tv network), Sex Crimes, Stephen King
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White House: Consumers should be able to unlock smartphones
The White House said Monday that consumers should be able to unlock their smartphones, and that it would support legislation to make such adjustments legal. The Obama administration said consumers deserve the flexibility to unlock their smartphones as...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Marketing, Consumers, Politics, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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