Earlier this week, FCC chair Ajit Pai announced that he would soon be asking his fellow commissioners to approve the merger of two of the four nationwide wireless carriers, T-Mobile and Sprint. After a year of deliberation, including thousands of pages of legal and economic filings by proponents and opponents and three congressional hearings, Pai has now dec ... Show More
Sep 2024
Introducing WIRED Politics Lab!
Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team. Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertaini ... Show More
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Feb 2022
A Sky-Bound Merger, Naked Short Selling, & DEI Due Diligence
<p>Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, the two largest low-cost carriers in the U.S., have agreed to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/07/frontier-and-spirit-to-merge-creating-5th-largest-airline-in-us.html">merge in a $6.6 billion deal</a>, CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports. Fro ... Show More
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Feb 2020
406. Can You Hear Me Now?
<p>When he became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai announced that he was going to take a “weed whacker” to Obama-era regulations. So far, he’s kept his promise, and earned the internet’s ire for reversing the agency’s position on net neutrality. Pai def ... Show More
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May 2023
As two grocery giants look to merge, rural towns watch in suspense
A proposed merger between two of the largest grocery chains in the country, Kroger and Albertsons, is under review by the Federal Trade Commission for antitrust violations. If it goes through, rural communities fear that the union could mean store closures and layoffs. We examine ... Show More
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