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inkstainedwretch 11/1/2016 | 7:36:23 PM
Perplexing AT&T could at least point at Comcast when it explains why it wants Time Warner. This combination seems particularly inexplicable. Even the explanations people are speculating about make no sense. I can't help wonder if the M&A guys on Wall Street are so bored they're willing to finance anything as long as it's big.

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DanJones 11/1/2016 | 12:49:26 AM
Doesn't seem to make much sense! But we're on an epic consolidating trawl over multiple industries right so...maybe? I mean AT&T is reconstituting itself as a 21st century Bell, so all betsare off!
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