The U.S. Senate Antitrust Committee Plans to “Carefully Examine” the Proposed AT&T-Time Warner Merger
The U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee plans to “carefully examine” the proposed $85.4 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger. This meeting is not surprising: Although the merger would unite two companies in different lines of business, the possibility of another do-it-all telecom giant is raising red flags about declining competition.