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The Surprising Best Thing about Google Fiber Coming to Your Town
Sure, Internet speeds are faster, and the base-level Google Fiber service is cheaper than typical Internet providers. But what might truly set Google Fiber apart from the pack is that the customer service doesn’t suck.
T-Mobile Wants To Be Your Bank
Latest in competition between wireless carriers
T-Mobile CEO Crashes AT&T’s Party
If ever there was a time for a record scratch
AT&T Wants To Give You $450
If you’re a T-Mobile customer, that is
Apple Inks Deal With World’s Largest Mobile Carrier
China Mobile’s 700 million users will be offered iPhones from Dec. 18
With No Buyers and No CEO, BlackBerry’s Stock Plunges Again
Shares dropped by 16% for the company that can’t seem to hit rock bottom
Killer Holiday Shopping Tips From the King of Bargains
Before blowing money unnecessarily in the shopping-crazed days ahead, consider the deal-finding wisdom of Mark Ellwood, author of the new book Bargain Fever: How to Shop in a Discounted World.
BlackBerry Agrees to Go Private in $4.7 Billion Deal
BlackBerry, the once dominant smartphone maker, announced Monday that it will be sold to its largest shareholder, Canadian firm Fairfax Financial, in a deal worth about $4.7 billion.
Shareholders will receive $9 per share, according to the public statement, a slight premium on the stock’s $8.23 price when trading was halted Monday …
Verizon May Buy Out U.K.’s Vodafone to Take Over Joint Venture
British telco giant Vodafone wants to offload a 45% share in Verizon Wireless, its joint venture with Verizon Communications, and is seeking about $130 billion from the deal.
Reuters says that Verizon is trying to raise …
The Real Reason Telecoms Cooperate on National Security? Money
Verizon, the phone company whose disclosure of customer data to the U.S. federal government is at the center of the furor over cooperation by technology companies with top-secret national-security programs, has offered a precise, clear, but little-noticed public explanation of why it did what it did.
The Verizon explanation is not in the
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Weird Money: 9 Odd Factoids from Recent Consumer Surveys and Studies
Ever wonder which alcohol brands are most popular … among consumers who are too young to buy alcohol? Is daylight savings harmless, or does it cost us hundreds of millions of dollars annually? And most pressing of all, which celebrity do you wish was your insurance agent?