Justice Department staff members have recommended that AT&T sell either its DirecTV unit or Time Warner Inc's Turner Broadcasting unit, which includes CNN, in order to win approval of the deal, a government official said last week. (fortune.com)
The federal complaint alleged that in 2011, Adam Skelos worked with Dean Skelos to secure title insurance work for the refinancing of «hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds» for a large hospital system, and lobbied the Nassau Industrial Development Agency for approval of the deal. (newsday.com)
The decision could also allow Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc, which is seeking approval for its proposed $ 3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co, to avoid some divestitures in order to gain approval of the deal. (cnbc.com)