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Federal judge approves AT&T-Time Warner merger

A federal judge approved AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner on Tuesday, handing the telecom giant a massive victory that could clip the ambitions of U.S. regulators seeking to block big corporate tie-ups. The case – one of the most closely watched antitrust trials in decades – is viewed as a bellwether for other […]

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Justice Department sues AT&T to block its $85 billion bid for Time Warner

The Justice Department sued Monday to block AT&T’s $85 billion bid for entertainment conglomerate Time Warner, setting the stage for one of the biggest antitrust cases to hit Washington in decades. The move by the Justice Department’s antitrust division is unusual because it challenges a deal that would combine two different kinds of companies – […]

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Time Warner Cable says email passwords may be hacked

Time Warner Cable has announced that as many as 320,000 customers may have had their email addresses and passwords exposed in a data breach. It has been reported that Time Warner was informed by the FBI about the situation and that the FBI was also contacting other internet service providers that had been affected, so […]

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Time Warner Cable customers urged to change email passwords

LEWISTON — Time Warner Cable email customers are being warned of a possible problem that may have compromised as many as 320,000 customers’ mail addresses and their respective passwords, according to a company spokeswoman. The company announced that it was first informed by the FBI about the issue. “Our understanding is that the compromise had […]

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320,000 Time Warner Cable customers urged to change email passwords

LEWISTON — Time Warner Cable email customers are being warned of a possible problem that may have compromised as many as 320,000 customers’ mail addresses and their respective passwords, according to a company spokeswoman. The company announced that it was informed by the FBI of the issue. “Our understanding is that the compromise had nothing […]

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Move will put Great Falls TV off-air on Thursday

AUBURN — The Lewiston-Auburn local community access channels will go dark on Thursday, Oct. 29. According to Great Falls TV station manager Phil Larlee, the station will be off the air for a day while the studio and equipment is moved from Central Maine Community College to Auburn Hall. The outage could continue into Friday, […]

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Comcast, Time Warner deal gets too much static

NEW YORK — What killed Comcast’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable? Regulators’ desire to protect the Internet video industry that is reshaping TV. A combination of the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. cable companies would have put nearly 30 percent of TV and about 55 percent of broadband subscribers under one roof, […]

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Corporate conferences point out loopholes in state ethics laws

AUGUSTA — The recent two-day conference that corporate giant Time Warner Cable put on for Maine legislators has revealed loopholes in the state’s ethics laws that make it difficult for voters to know whether their elected representatives took part. On Jan. 22-23, Time Warner, the leading cable telecommunications provider in the state, invited a select […]

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Time Warner makes its case to legislators at luxury resort

Fed up with slow Internet speeds offered by commercial services, some Maine cities and towns are turning to a new way to get high-speed broadband for their residents and businesses: doing it themselves. Maine ranks near the bottom of all 50 states in Internet speeds, which frustrates consumers and puts a damper on business. Legislators […]

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Comcast-Time Warner merger worries, outrages consumers

Outrage that these two big cable companies would join hands to form an even more massive entity spurred a cascade of sarcastic tweets and satirical memes: the killer Death Star battle station from “Star Wars,” the evil Eye of Sauron from “The Lord of the Rings,” and a “South Park” snippet where character Eric Cartman […]