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Look at this goddamn chart [proposed $86b AT&T / Time Warner merger]
- chirau 10y agoI might get down voted but I have a serious question. Perhaps I have always missed something in all these discussions. Why are the telecoms subject to so much scrutiny? AT&T market cap and that of Time Warner are not that exorbitant compared to our favorite tech companies. If Google decided to buy or merge with say Cisco, would we get such a furore? If Apple bought out Samsung or Microsoft bought out SAP or Oracle. Somehow I doubt those mega deals, worth much more than these telecoms deals, would face so much resistance. Perhaps someone could explain to me.