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Comcast to become a wireless carrier in 2017

by Adam Allington
Sep 21, 2016
As cord-cutting increases, Comcast is seeking revenue elsewhere.
Some ISPs lifted their data caps at the start of the pandemic, but as of July 1, Comcast, AT&T and T-Mobile have reinstated them.
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RIP Yahoo, 1994 to 2016

by Mark Garrison
Jul 25, 2016
Launched in the early days of the web, it never figured out the next new thing.
Pedestrians walk by a Yahoo sign in Times Square on July 29, 2009 in New York City. 
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Verizon to purchase Yahoo for $4.8 billion

by Lewis Wallace
Jul 25, 2016
The phone company is vying for Yahoo users in an effort to ramp up digital ad revenue.
Verizon is snagging Yahoo's core business for nearly $5 billion.
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Is Yahoo's Internet business worth $3 billion?

by Mark Garrison
Jun 7, 2016
That depends on who's buying it, and what they'll do with it.
Yahoo! President and CEO Marissa Mayer delivers a keynote during the Yahoo Mobile Developers Conference on February 18, 2016 at The Masonic in San Francisco, California.
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Verizon's deal puts more U.S. call centers to work

by Kimberly Adams
May 31, 2016
The company's bringing 1,400 new jobs to the East Coast, and there are some advantages to running call centers in the U.S.
A call center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.
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Verizon strike underscores changes in telecom

by Annie Baxter
May 16, 2016
Landline services are declining. About 40,000 workers are protesting cost-cutting measures.
Striking Verizon workers picket in front of a Verizon office in Washington, D.C., on April 14.
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How buying Yahoo would help Verizon reshape itself

by Mark Garrison
Apr 18, 2016
Speculation abounds on whether or not the nation's leading wireless service carrier should purchase the struggling Internet giant.
Verizon is looking to buy Yahoo. 
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Who can save Yahoo?

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Apr 18, 2016
Verizon? Maybe.
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Verizon's union workers face a changing landscape

by Nova Safo
Apr 12, 2016
The unions represent workers in the wireline business, which is shrinking.
Thirty-six thousand Verizon employees are preparing to strike tomorrow in an attempt protect well-paying wireline service jobs. 
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Wireless providers look for new revenue streams

by Mark Garrison
Jan 21, 2016
Verizon is the latest company to announce a "free" data program.
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