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AT&T, Time Warner, and What Makes Vertical Mergers Succeed

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Combining the second-largest wireless carrier with the fourth-biggest entertainment company — one whose impressive assets include HBO and CNN — is likely to create an unassailable mobile-entertainment business. Broadband has made the experience of consuming content far better than it was with dial-up. Rejuvenating the core.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Spain Levies Consumption.

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What Health Care Can Learn from the Transformation of Financial Services

Harvard Business

When people sign up for Omada’s offering, they receive a wireless, digital bathroom scale, pedometer, resistance band, and tape measure. Based on this data, it provides targeted money-management recommendations and advertisements for other financial products and services such as auto insurance, credit cards, and IRAs.