They may be serving $11 Sugar Daddy Cocktails. But there are billions of dollars of bandwidth involved. Sen. John Thune, the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, is in a key position to weigh in on government plans to...
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Senator John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks to a member of the media following a party caucus meeting in Washington, D.C.
ATT, Verizon Fundraising for Thune in Spectrum Battle
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An AT&T Inc. store in Chicago.
AT&T Political Giving: Early and Often
AT&T Inc. has a tradition of making political contributions early and often. The political action committee of the second-biggest U.S. wireless carrier sent $363,200 to federal candidates and political committees in the first two months of this year, including $169,200...
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The AT&T Mobility booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
AT&T Dials Up More Than $3 Million for Obama Inauguration
AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, gave $3.1 million to President Barack Obama’s inaugural committee at a time when the federal government is deciding how to auction airwaves coveted by the Dallas-based wireless provider. The president’s inaugural committee, in a...
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The Google Inc. Chrome icon is reflected in water droplets.
Internet’s Money on Democrats, Wireless-Tel Cash Went Republican
A clash over the allocation of new spectrum pits companies whose employees backed Democratic candidates in the last election against those who put their money on Republicans. At issue is how to divvy up airwaves among telephone companies with wireless...
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Randall Stephenson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc.
AT&T Rings Romney’s Bell
AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, is taking sides in the election contest between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The company’s political action committee contributed $5,000 to Romney last month, Federal Election Commission reports show. Earlier...
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