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• Early Glance: Telecom companies Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 10:32 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 28 or. 8 percent, to $35.89. Sprint Nextel fell$. 24 or 3.3 percent, to $7.08. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 49 or 1.0 percent, to $51.06.

• UPDATE 3-Softbank closer to acquiring Sprint after Dish abandons bid for now Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 4:05 AM ET

  *Sprint shareholders meeting to determine whether SoftBank offer passes. *Dish cites new hurdles in latest Sprint/ SoftBank pact for decision.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 6:02 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 41 or 1.1 percent, to $36.17. Sprint Nextel rose$. 10 or 1.4 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 84 or 1.7 percent, to $51.55.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 1:17 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 50 or 1.4 percent, to $36.26. Sprint Nextel rose$. 11 or 1.5 percent, to $7.33. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 79 or 1.6 percent, to $51.50.

• Early Glance: Telecom companies Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 10:22 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 29 or. 8 percent, to $36.05. Sprint Nextel fell$. 04 or. 6 percent, to $7.18. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 23 or. 5 percent, to $50.94.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 6:05 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 15 or. 4 percent, to $35.76. Sprint Nextel fell$. 10 or 1.4 percent, to $7.22. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 36 or. 7 percent, to $50.71.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 1:30 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 08 or. 2 percent, to $35.99. Sprint Nextel fell$. 06 or. 8 percent, to $7.26. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 10 or. 2 percent, to $50.97.

• Early Glance: Telecom companies Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 10:30 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $36.02. Sprint Nextel fell$. 05 or. 7 percent, to $7.27. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 37 or. 7 percent, to $51.44.

• European shares gain on merger speculation Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 7:59 AM ET

  The European telecoms index, up 2.2 percent, topped the gainers' list, helped by a 2.9 percent rise in Telefonica after a newspaper report that the Spanish government had blocked a 70 billion euro tender offer from U.S. company AT&T.

• European shares advance, M&A talk boosts telecoms Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 4:54 AM ET

  *Telecoms up, Telefonica rises on M&A talk. The telecoms sector rose 1.6 percent, helped by a 2.7 percent rise in Spanish telecoms company Telefonica after a report in newspaper El Mundo that the government had blocked a 70 billion euro tender offer from AT&T for the company.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 6:03 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 39 or 1.1 percent, to $35.91. Sprint Nextel unchanged at $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 43 or. 8 percent, to $51.07.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 1:28 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 26 or. 7 percent, to $36.04. Sprint Nextel rose$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $7.33. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 43 or. 8 percent, to $51.07.

• Early Glance: Telecom companies Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 10:38 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 02 or. 1 percent, to $36.28. Sprint Nextel rose$. 01 or. 2 percent, to $7.34. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 18 or. 4 percent, to $50.82.

• T-Mobile, Verizon not under U.S. data watch due to foreign ties -WSJ Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 10:25 PM ET

  June 13- Telecom providers T-Mobile US Inc and Verizon Wireless do not directly contribute to the controversial U.S. surveillance program, partly due to their overseas ownership ties, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 6:04 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 68 or 1.9 percent, to $36.30. Sprint Nextel fell$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $7.32. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 74 or 1.5 percent, to $50.64.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 1:23 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 56 or 1.6 percent, to $36.18. Sprint Nextel rose$. 03 or. 3 percent, to $7.38. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 44 or. 9 percent, to $50.34.

• Early Glance: Telecom companies Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 10:22 AM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 46 or 1.3 percent, to $36.08. Sprint Nextel unchanged at $7.35. Verizon Communications Inc. rose$. 32 or. 6 percent, to $50.22.

• Final Glance: Telecom companies Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013 | 6:09 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. fell$. 14 or. 4 percent, to $35.62. Sprint Nextel unchanged at $7.35. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 28 or. 6 percent, to $49.90.

• Midday Glance: Telecom companies Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013 | 1:17 PM ET

  AT&T Inc. rose$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $35.81. Sprint Nextel rose$. 04 or. 6 percent, to $7.39. Verizon Communications Inc. fell$. 09 or. 2 percent, to $50.10.

• U.S. hopes NSA surveillance won't derail data trade goals Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013 | 12:46 PM ET

  "There's no question that for a long time one of the most difficult issues that we're grappling with... is the whole domain of issues encompassed in privacy," said Michael Punke, U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization. The negotiations include the United States, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and more than a dozen other countries.