Leafly is joining the SPAC party. The Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace plans to go public through a deal with New York-based Merida Merger Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, the… Read More
Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, has agreed to merge with Berkeley, Calif.-based Aduro Biotech. The proposed all-stock deal “is a unique opportunity for Chinook… Read More
T-Mobile closed its $26.5 billion merger with Sprint on Wednesday, concluding a years-long process that included touch-and-go negotiations, regulatory oversight, and lawsuits. T-Mobile will take over as the parent company… Read More
Update, April 8: As part of the merger, Shiftboard raised an $8 million investment round from existing investors for product development and to expand marketing/sales. Original story: Seattle-based Shiftboard is merging… Read More
Seattle startup Livible, an on-demand storage service led by veteran entrepreneur Terry Drayton, is merging with Richmond, Va.-based WayForth, the largest provider of U.S. home transition management services. Terms of… Read More
The attorney general of T-Mobile’s home state, Washington, is taking aim at the federal government as a multi-state lawsuit challenging the wireless carrier’s blockbuster merger with Sprint draws to a… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission released its official order on T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint on Tuesday in a final regulatory seal of approval for the deal. The FCC voted to approve… Read More
Critics of T-Mobile’s newly approved merger with Sprint are particularly concerned about the impacts on rural Americans, who are often served by the two carriers. The fear is that merging… Read More
Federal regulators approved T-Mobile’s blockbuster merger with Sprint on Friday after 15 months of negotiations, paving the way for the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers to form another titan in… Read More
T-Mobile is firing back at a coalition of states that sued to block the telecom company’s proposed merger with Sprint. The Bellevue, Wash.-based carrier accused attorneys general from 13 states… Read More
A potential $6 billion deal with Dish Network could pave the way for approval of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. Bloomberg reported that Dish is nearing an agreement to pay T-Mobile and… Read More
T-Mobile’s plan to merge with Sprint won a key supporter Monday. FCC Chair Ajit Pai said he will recommend that his colleagues approve the merger thanks to commitments by the… Read More
T-Mobile’s proposed $26 billion merger with Sprint is facing a roadblock from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Justice Department officials… Read More
Dauntless, Inc., a Seattle-area software developer providing point-of-sale and tracking software to the cannabis industry, has acquired pot sales software company Soro. The combined companies aim to create an all-encompassing… Read More
T-Mobile spent $195,000 at President Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel since announcing plans to merge with Sprint in April 2018. Anthony Russo, T-Mobile’s vice president of federal legislative affairs, confirmed… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere is “salivating” to compete with cable internet providers. So he said Monday in a hearing of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee over his company’s… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere is ramping up pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to approve his company’s merger with Sprint. The bombastic CEO pledged not to increase rates for customers… Read More
T-Mobile has hired a high-profile telecommunications executive to oversee its planned merger with Sprint. Sunit Patel, most recently the chief financial officer and executive vice president at CenturyLink, will take… Read More
The Federal Communications Commision needs more time to consider whether to approve a multibillion-dollar merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The FCC sent a letter to the two companies Tuesday, explaining… Read More
The CEOs of T-Mobile and Sprint made the case for their merger before a Senate subcommittee Wednesday, in the first hurdle on their race to merge. T-Mobile’s John Legere and Sprint’s… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere believes the future of the American innovation economy comes down to his company’s intended merger with Sprint. At least, that’s the case T-Mobile is making as… Read More
The $85 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner was approved by U.S District Court Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday, a landmark ruling expected to pave the way for other media… Read More
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson knows a thing or two about wireless carrier mergers. He was leading the company when it tried to acquire T-Mobile back in 2011, but the transaction… Read More
Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, is working with a lobbying firm hired by T-Mobile, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal’s Julie Bykowicz. The… Read More
T-Mobile is delaying annual salary increases for employees from July 2017 to February 2018, offering a one-time $1,000 “celebratory” stock grant in the meantime as it transitions to new schedule… Read More
Cities are getting crowded and public transit agencies are struggling to keep up, but taking a train is often the fastest way to get from one side of town to… Read More
Rovi, the provider of entertainment metadata, is in talks to acquire TiVo, a service that introduced DVRs and time-shifting but never became a powerhouse moneymaker, according to a report Thursday… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission today approved AT&T’s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, paving the way to create the largest pay-TV provider in America. The merger brings together the nation’s second-largest wireless… Read More
T-Mobile will not move forward in negotiations with Iliad, the French-based telecom company that has made a $15 billion bid for the wireless carrier. The WSJ is reporting that the… Read More
A T-Mobile sale has appeared inevitable for almost a year, following constant rumors that it’s in talks with Sprint, and more recently, when a little-known French telecom company made an out-of-the-blue bid. But now,… Read More