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Aug 31 2011
DOJ files antitrust suit to block the AT & T and T-Mobile merger
At the end of today’s Backpage.com news conference, Attorney General Rob McKenna spoke about the civil antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice to block AT&T Inc.’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc.
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