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Big Cellular Tower Operator Seeks Buyers

Global Tower Partners, the largest privately held operator of U.S. cell towers, is being shopped to its larger rivals, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Big Clearwire Holder Resists Sprint

Sprint Nextel Corp. is up to its neck in a merger fight, and it’s all about airwaves. But Sprint is waging another battle over a separate, lower-profile effort to buy the roughly 50 percent stake it doesn’t own in wireless-broadband operator Clearwire Corp.

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Liberty Global to Acquire Virgin Media

John Malone’s international cable business Liberty Global Inc. has agreed to acquire U.K. cable-television and Internet provider Virgin Media Inc. for $16 billion, in a deal that may create a stronger rival to market leader British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC.

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Dell Nears $23 Billion Deal to Go Private

Dell Inc. on Monday was close to finalizing a $23 billion deal to take itself private at between $13.50 and $13.75 a share, said people familiar with the matter, in a buyout that marks an unofficial end to the era when a handful of young entrepreneurs made PCs the dominant computing device.

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Dish’s Clearwire Offer Lives On

In a regulatory filing Friday, Clearwire said it opted not to tap financing made available by Sprint for February — a step that could have caused Dish to withdraw its proposal to buy Clearwire for $3.30 a share. Clearwire has agreed to sell itself to Sprint for $2.97 a share.

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Dell Deal Done Differently

When a giant takeover is brewing, banks usually try to get as many pieces of the action as they can, from offering advice to lending money.

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Microsoft in Talks to Help Finance Dell Buyout

Microsoft Corp. is in discussions about helping to finance a buyout of computer maker Dell Inc., according to a person familiar with the deal deliberations.

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AT&T Stalking Europe for Mergers

The telecommunications giant is considering buying a counterpart in Europe, a bet that it can best escape constraints on growth at home by getting into a new wireless market.

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Dell in Talks on Buyout at $13 to $14 a Share

Dell Inc.’s journey from computer king to buyout candidate reflects the difficulty of abandoning what propelled it to prominence: A finely tuned supply chain that could quickly assemble and deliver custom-ordered computers at a lower cost than the competition.

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In Clearwire Gambit, Spectrum Is the Prize

Charlie Ergen, chairman of Dish Network Corp., is in a familiar position: He can win even by losing.