At&t To Take $4 Billion Charge For T-mobile Deal

AT&T said it would take a $4 billion charge in the final quarter, the value of a breakup fee and spectrum assets possibly owed Deutsche Telekom, an acknowledgment that the company's proposed takeover of T-Mobile faces an increasingly uphill battle.

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