Cox Communications forms committee to advise on buyout
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Cox Communications Inc.&#39;s board of directors has formed a special committee of independent directors to consider Cox Enterprises Inc.&#39;s proposal to take the company private in a $8 billion stock buyout.
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The family that controls the Dow Jones media group says it will consider selling the firm to Rupert Murdoch.
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WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. , the nation's largest cable operator, would be effectively barred from buying any other large cable company under an ownership rule the Federal Communications Commission is considering.
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Alltel Corp.'s proposed $24.7 billion acquisition by private- equity firms may lead to the sale of other mobile-phone providers that serve rural areas.  Dobson Communications Corp., Centennial Communications Corp., Rural Cellular Corp. and United States Cellular Corp.
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Business & money: Cable company says it has received a takeover bid and is considering potential sale.
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The telecommunications company is said to be in negotiations, in what may be the latest round of deal making in its industry.
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  said on Thursday that it plans to meet with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to discuss his $5 billion bid to buy the company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Kevin Martin, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is trying to get the ball rolling toward a decision on AT&T Inc.'s proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp.
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A committee that deals with antitrust issues plans to look into the proposed $3.1 billion merger next week. The search giant and its rivals, Microsoft and Yahoo, are expected to testify.
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RCN Corp., a cable, telephone and Internet service provider that has struggled to maintain a mid-size foothold in an industry dominated by much larger rivals, hired Blackstone Group to consider a possible sale of the company, a person familiar with the matter said yesterday.
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Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises Inc. and Atlanta-based Cox Communications (NYSE: COX) have reached an agreement for Cox Enterprises to acquire the outstanding publicly held minority shares of Cox Communications for $34.
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Media & professional: Private equity group has made preliminary offer for Virgin Media, according to reports.
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By Associated Press  Two months ago, Fred Poteet walked into a Sprint store to resolve some technical problems with his cellphone service. When he walked out, he had a new wireless contract -- with Cox Communications, his cable TV operator.
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The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, over a potential bid worth around $20 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said yesterday.
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A group of investors that is vying to build a national network for public safety communications is asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider rules it approved governing an upcoming spectrum auction.
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The U.S. Securities and  Exchange Commission aims to issue guidelines on the appropriate  timing for companies to issue stock options this summer when it  proposes new rules dealing with executive compensation, SEC  Chairman Christopher Cox said on Monday.
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Members of the Bancroft family  that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc met in Boston on Monday  to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp  (NWSa.N) for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.