Sprint purchase of Nextel gets OK
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved Sprint (NYSE:FON - News)'s plan to buy Nextel Communications Inc. (NasdaqNM:NXTL - News), that would create a company with about 44 million U.S. cell phone customers.
The Justice Department said it would not oppose the deal, valued at $36 billion, after concluding that it raised no competition problems.
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so it is final.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved Sprint (NYSE:FON - News)'s plan to buy Nextel Communications Inc. (NasdaqNM:NXTL - News), that would create a company with about 44 million U.S. cell phone customers.
The Justice Department said it would not oppose the deal, valued at $36 billion, after concluding that it raised no competition problems.
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so it is final.
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