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AT&T's Comcast deal may include $12bn debt swap
News Comcast's stuttering deal to buy AT&T Broadband took another step forward yesterday with news that the two companies may exchange as much as $11.8bn of debt in meeting the financial obligations of... [13 Aug 2002]
AT&T Broadband swings the axe
News The company denied the cuts are related to the broadband division's proposed merger with US cable giant Comcast. US-based AT&T Broadband is to cut 500 jobs in an attempt to shift its... [20 Feb 2002]
Markets poised for AOL profit warning
News At the end of last year AOL lost a bidding war with Comcast for AT&T's broadband division, leaving it with just half the subscribers of the new cable giant. Three separate investment... [04 Jan 2002]
Comcast seals $72m AT&T deal
News US cable giant Comcast is set to take over AT&T's broadband division in a deal worth $72bn. The deal marks the end of a prolonged courtship, during which Comcast... [20 Dec 2001]
Microsoft backs off in AT&T Broadband battle
News The Seattle giant has offered its conditional backing to both Comcast and Cox Communications - both rival bidders in trying to secure the division of the telco giant. Microsoft has... [05 Dec 2001]
Excite@home grabs AT&T lifeline
News The agreement follows similar deals brokered by the former internet giant with cable companies Comcast, Cox Communications and Rogers Communications last week. Excite@home has reached an agreement with... [18 Oct 2001]
Excite haunts AT&T from beyond the grave
News AT&T and rival cable firms Comcast and Cox, rely upon Excite's network to provide high-speed internet over their cable lines, but now Excite's move has left them looking for new ways to meet... [11 Oct 2001]
Disney eyes AT&T Broadband
News AT&T last month rejected a $58bn hostile takeover bid from rival Comcast and opted to put the division up for sale. Disney is preparing to raise around $7.5bn through a shares issue, increasing... [21 Aug 2001]
Microsoft seeks to thwart AOL and AT&T deal
News The software giant increasingly views the ISP as a potential rival to its internet business and after Comcast's failed bid of £37bn, is intent on spoiling any deals between AT&T and... [30 Jul 2001]
AT&T meets AOL Time Warner
News According to reports, merger talks opened shortly after Comcast, AOL Time Warner's own cable division, made an unsuccessful $40bn stock-swap bid for AT&T Broadband. However, a potential deal could... [25 Jul 2001]
AT&T hit by falling sales
News Earlier this month AT&T was subject to a $40bn offer for its cable television division from rival Comcast. AT&T, one of the world's largest telcos, is blaming a decline in its... [24 Jul 2001]
Decision time for AT&T
News AT&T will this week decide whether to engage in serious discussions with Comcast over its £28bn bid for the giant telco's cable TV networks business. John Malone, a major shareholder... [16 Jul 2001]
Comcast bids $44.5bn for AT&T Broadband
News US cable television giant Comcast has offered AT&T a whopping $44.5bn for its broadband division. The all-stock bid would involve Comcast taking on $13.5bn of... [09 Jul 2001]
French telco joins race to buy One2One
News Meanwhile, MediaOne is itself the subject of a take-over battle at present, with AT&T last week topping a bid from cable giant Comcast. One2One is co-owned by Cable... [30 Apr 1999]
AT&T bids $58bn for MediaOne
News AT&T is taking advantage of a 45 day open period which MediaOne negotiated with Comcast, in which the cable company is allowed to consider other acquisition proposals. The offer is 17 per cent higher... [23 Apr 1999]
