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Wall Street gains as upbeat corporate forecasts boost sentiment

IBM up as it sees higher full-year sales; Dow Inc jumps after beating Q3 estimates; Tesla expects to miss vehicle delivery target this year; AT&T raises annual profit forecast, Verizon gains

Wall Street: Tesla keeps Nasdaq afloat, AT&T forecast weighs on S&P 500

Tesla shares rise as profit tops expectations; airlines slide after United, American report earnings; energy stocks lead sectoral declines

IBM has to pay BMC Software Inc $1.6 billion for poaching AT&T account

The judgment is one of the largest ever to arise from a commercial dispute, Sean Gorman, a partner with Bracewell LLP who represented BMC in the case, said

WarnerMedia, Discovery get US nod to create new streaming giant

The $43 bn Discovery, WarnerMedia deal to create the next big content streaming giant has cleared an antitrust review from the US government agencies

Bharti-backed OneWeb's AT&T satellite deal challenges Musk in his backyard

OneWeb is racing against Elon Musk's rival Starlink system to offer internet to consumers and businesses in regions of the world where terrestrial fixed and wireless connections aren't profitable

AT&T ups forecast for revenue, HBO Max as business recovers from pandemic

The results come as AT&T is unwinding its expensive media investments to focus on its original business of providing phone and internet services

AT&T's WarnerMedia, Discovery to merge in $130-bn blockbuster deal

The deal is structured as a tax-advantaged Reverse Morris Trust.

AT&T to merge media assets with Discovery in $43-billion deal

Discovery shareholders would own 29% of the new company

AT&T to create a streaming giant with Discovery by merging media assets

Discovery shares jumped 16% in premarket trading. AT&T shares rose 1.4%.

CEO pay remains stratospheric, even at companies battered by pandemic

While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches

AT&T takes $15.5 billion charge on DirecTV, adds more phone customers

AT&T purchased DirecTV for $68 billion including debt in 2015

AT&T is sued for $1.35 billion over technology to synchronize smart devices

Network Apps LLC said AT&T abandoned joint development and licensing agreements for its technology in 2014

Buyout firm TPG in the lead for stake in AT&T's DirecTV, say reports

The exact price TPG is willing to pay could not be learned, but sources said the deal could value DirecTV at more than $15 billion

Sony to buy AT&T's animation business Crunchyroll for $1.18 billion

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp will buy AT&T Inc's animation business Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion, the two companies said on Thursday, as the Japanese electronics conglomerate aims to beef up its entertainment content and distribution businesses.

US sues Google: Biggest anti-trust case and what it means for the net giant

The lawsuit comes more than a year after the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission began antitrust investigations into four big tech companies: Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, and Google

AT&T names John Stankey new CEO as Trump gloats over changes at CNN owner

Stankey will take over on July 1 from Randall Stephenson, who said on Friday he will retire from the CEO position but will serve as executive chairman of the board until January 2021

Energy to retail: Reliance is India's reply to Exxon, AT&T, Amazon combined

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is India's answer to US giants Exxon, AT&T and Amazon - all rolled into one, Bernstein Research said on Tuesday. "Reliance has disrupted the energy and telecoms industry in India and is on the cusp of doing the same to retail, fintech, and media," it said in a report adding the company has an enviable track record of innovation and execution. For the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, energy remains core business and is expected to further expand as India is forecast to be the fastest-growing market for fuel and chemical products over the next decade, it said adding the company's partnership with BP of the UK and Saudi Aramco will support this. Reliance owns the world's largest single-site oil refining complex and has multiple petrochemical plants. Three years back it forayed into telecom business and has reached 34 per cent share of market revenue. "Based on the current net add run-rates it will likely reach 44 per cent share by the end ..

Telefonica inks contract to use AT&T last mile network in Mexico

Both companies compete in Mexico with America Movil, the company controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, which has long dominated the telephone market in Latin America's no. 2 economy

OTT wars: How Apple, Disney, Netflix will retain streaming subscribers

In May Netflix made a rare acquisition, of the children's media brand StoryBots, for an undisclosed sum. In July it announced seven new series targeting preschoolers.

Top 10 biz headlines: Faster GST refunds, million auto jobs at risk & more

From a single-authority mechanism for processing GST refunds to exporters coming soon to NCLT approving JSW Steel's Rs 19,700-cr bid for Bhushan Power & Steel, here are today's top business news