AT&T Inc. fell$. 32 or. 9 percent, to $36.90. Sprint Nextel rose$. 10 or 1.3 percent, to $7.39. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 56 or 1.1 percent, to $52.18.
NEW YORK-- A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.:. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell. 9 percent to $4.07 with 23,047,800 shares traded. Bank of America Corp. fell. 4 percent to $13.46 with 65,492,500 shares traded.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share, but the new bid was not high enough to impress some investors. Clearwire shares almost immediately traded around the new offer price, having consistently traded well above the old $2.97- per-share bid.
AT&T Inc. fell$. 13 or. 3 percent, to $37.09. Sprint Nextel rose$. 09 or 1.2 percent, to $7.38. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $52.59.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share, though some investors and analysts said the new bid was still not enough to overcome staunch opposition. Sprint's revised bid values Clearwire at $10.7 billion.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp said on Tuesday it raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp 14 percent to $3.40 per share, just hours before shareholders were set to vote on the company's original offer.
May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp said on Tuesday it raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp 14 percent to $3.40 per share, just hours before shareholders were set to vote on the company's original offer.
*SoftBank slips, Sprint permitted discussions with Dish. TOKYO, May 21- Japan's Nikkei share average edged up to a fresh 5-1/ 2- year high on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses, as retail investors scooped up underperforming stocks such as Sharp Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc.
TOKYO, May 21- Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp, as pressure mounts on SoftBank to sweeten its offer for the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier.
TOKYO, May 21- Japan's Nikkei share average hit a 5-1/ 2- year high on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses as retail investors scooped up underperforming stocks such as Sharp Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc. percent to 15,369.13 after trading as high as 15,388.37, its best mark since December 2007.
TOKYO, May 21- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to pull back from a 5-1/ 2- year high on Tuesday as Wall Street ended flat and the dollar slipped against the yen on caution before U.S. Nikkei futures in Chicago closed at 15,320 on Monday, down 0.5 percent from the Osaka close.
AT&T Inc. fell$. 22 or. 6 percent, to $37.22. Sprint Nextel fell$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $7.29. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 61 or 1.1 percent, to $52.74.
AT&T Inc. fell$. 12 or. 3 percent, to $37.32. Sprint Nextel fell$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $7.31. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $53.30.
NEW YORK-- A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.:. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose 2.3 percent to $4.17 with 18,890,700 shares traded. Bank of America Corp. rose. 9 percent to $13.56 with 53,010,700 shares traded.
AT&T Inc. fell$. 19 or. 5 percent, to $37.26. Sprint Nextel fell$. 05 or. 7 percent, to $7.27. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $53.25.
AT&T Inc. rose$. 06 or. 2 percent, to $37.44. Sprint Nextel rose$. 04 or. 5 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $53.35.
CHICAGO-- United States Cellular Corp., the sixth-largest cellphone carrier in the country, on Friday closed on the sale of some of its Midwestern markets to No. 3 Sprint Nextel Corp. and announced that it's handing over the proceeds to shareholders through a special dividend.