AT&T lands &#36;1 billion contract from GM
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AT&amp;T Inc. said Wednesday it received a five-year, $1 billion global networking contract from General Motors Corp. to help the world's largest automaker boost productivity.
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General Electric Co. completed the sale of a majority stake in its global outsourcing business to two U.S.-based equity firms for &#36;500 million, the conglomerate said Friday.
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Cingular Wireless said it reached an agreement with AT&amp;T (nyse: T - news - people ) resolving a branding dispute for the AT&amp;T name.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON  - Sprint Corp. FON.N said  on Wednesday it would buy mobile telephone company Nextel  Communications Inc. NXTL.O for about $36 billion, creating a  U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.
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The U.S. sale of airwaves for   advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when   it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry U.S. wireless carrier   T-Mobile USA topped the bidding by offering almost $4.2 billion   for 120 licenses.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - Sprint Corp. FON.N on  Wednesday said it will buy mobile telephone company Nextel  Communications Inc. NXTL.O for about $36 billion creating a  U.S. wireless carrier with nearly 40 million subscribers.
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AT&amp;T Inc., the nation's largest wireless carrier, agreed Friday to acquire rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. for $2.8 billion in cash.
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Cingular Wireless on Tuesday closed its &#36;41 billion cash purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. , creating the biggest U.S. mobile service with more than 46 million customers.
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NASCAR reached an apparent agreement with AT&amp;T, and its logos were being put on Jeff Burton's car following Friday's practice at Richmond International Raceway.
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Cellular phone tower operator Global Signal Inc. will pay &#36;1.2 billion cash for the right to operate or lease more than 6,600 towers owned by Sprint Corp. for 32 years, the companies announced Monday.
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AT&T Inc.  said on Wednesday it  would provide global networking services to General Motors  Corp.  under a five-year contract worth nearly $1  billion.
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General Electric Co.  on Wednesday said it would buy Ionics Inc.  for about &#36;1.1 billion to build out its water treatment and services business.
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Aether Systems Inc., a Maryland wireless data company that is selling off its operating units, said yesterday it received a &#36;30 million offer for a division it had already agreed to sell to another buyer for &#36;25 million.
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The Oakland Athletics agreed Wednesday to a &#36;1 million, one-year contract with Keiichi Yabu after the right-hander passed a physical.
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The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp agreed to a new contract on Wednesday, ending a two-day nationwide strike by 73,000 workers with a groundbreaking deal that includes a health-care trust fund.
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Canada's largest cable company, Rogers Communications Inc., said Monday it will pay &#36;1.33 billion for the 34 percent stake in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. owned by longtime American partner AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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General Motors Corp  said on  Tuesday it has reached an agreement with the United Auto  Workers union to offer a new round of buyouts to its U.S.  hourly workers.