Vodafone Group Plc agreed to purchase Spain's largest cable operator Ono for 7.2 billion euros ($10 billion) in the latest move by the British group to expand its European operations with a broadband offering. Having reaped a $130 billion windfall by selling its stake in Verizon Wireless to its partner Verizon Communications Inc , Vodafone was left with an acquisition war chest of as much as $40 billion even after distributing the majority of the sale proceeds to shareholders and investing billions in its network.Following is a chronology of key recent events involving Vodafone:* Feb 13 - Vodafone and Bharti Airtel buy Indian airwaves worth about $3 billion each in a hotly contested auction.
Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) is a holding company. Shares of VZ traded higher by 0.11% or $0.05/share to $46.08. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $45.08 and as high as $54.31. On average, 38573500 shares of VZ exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 27905330.
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