AT&T (T) Misses Q3 EPS by 1c

AT&T (T) Raises Quarterly Dividend 2.1% to $0.49; 5.2% Yield

October 24, 2016 6:20 AM EDT

AT&T (NYSE: T) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share, or $1.96 annualized. This is a 2.1% increase from the prior dividend of $0.48.

The dividend will be payable on February 1, 2017, to stockholders of record on January 10, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of January 6,... More

AT&T (T) volatility up into buyout of Time Warner (TWX)

October 24, 2016 5:21 AM EDT

AT&T (NYSE: T) reached an agreement to acquire Time Warner (TWX) in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $107.50 per share, or about $85B, the companies announced Saturday. T reported Q3 profits of 74c on revenue of $40.9B versus the 74c and $41.15B that was... More

Stocks with Implied Volatility Movement

October 24, 2016 4:50 AM EDT

AT&T (NYSE: T) implied volatility at upper end of index mean range

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Berkshire Partners nears deal to acquire Masergy: sources

October 23, 2016 5:52 PM EDT

By Liana B. Baker

(Reuters) - Berkshire Partners LLC is nearing a deal to acquire cloud networking firm Masergy, currently owned by another private equity firm, ABRY Partners, for more than $900 million, including debt according to sources familiar with the matter.

A deal could be... More

For AT&T, Time Warner was always on the menu

October 23, 2016 3:43 PM EDT

By Liana B. Baker

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Time Warner Inc's (NYSE: TWX) Jeff Bewkes welcomed AT&T Inc's (NYSE: T) Randall Stephenson for lunch at Time Warner Center in New York in late August, their meeting was supposed to be one of the catch-ups the two chief executives have had over the years.

And it certainly started that way, with the two men chatting about the direction of the media, broadband and mobile telecommunications industries, according to accounts given by Stephenson and Bewkes as well as people... More

Clinton thinks regulators should scrutinize AT&T-Time Warner deal: spokesman

October 23, 2016 2:54 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton thinks U.S. regulators should closely scrutinize AT&T's (NYSE: T) acquisition of Time Warner(NYSE: TWX), her spokesman said on Sunday.

Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told... More