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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

U.S. FCC pauses review of AT&T-DirecTV, Comcast-TWC mergers, (NYSE: T), (NYSE: TWC), (NYSE: TWX)

U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday paused its reviews of proposed mergers between AT&T Inc and DirecTV and Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc over the issue of confidential programming agreements. The FCC said it will pause its informal 180-day "shot clock" to decide how to handle highly confidential documents related to programming agreements with content companies.

AT&T Inc. (AT&T), is a holding company. The Company is a provider of telecommunications services. Shares of T fell by 0.01% or $-0.005/share to $34.62. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $31.74 and as high as $37.48. On average, 21038400 shares of T exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 4471549.

Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) is a provider of video, high-speed data and voice services in the United States with systems located in five geographic areas: New York State, the Carolinas, Ohio, Southern California and Texas. Shares of TWC fell by 1.01% or $-1.41/share to $138.02. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $115.62 and as high as $155.32. On average, 1994840 shares of TWC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 581790.

Time Warner Inc. (Time Warner) is a media and entertainment company. Shares of TWX traded higher by 0.58% or $0.445/share to $77.66. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $58.22 and as high as $88.13. On average, 6638500 shares of TWX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1173484.



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