#Vodafone and Three’s B merger cleared by UK regulators — with conditions

#Vodafone and Three’s $19B merger cleared by UK regulators — with conditions

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has greenlighted the longstanding planned merger between two of the country’s biggest telecommunication operators. Vodafone and Three constitute two of the U.K.’s four infrastructure-owning mobile network operators (MNOs), alongside O2 and EE. As such, when the duo revealed plans to merge in a $19 billion transaction last June, it was always likely…

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#Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for new Trump committees

#Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for new Trump committees

With Elon Musk playing such a high-profile role in Donald Trump’s transition team, Musk’s buddies, many of them Silicon Valley venture capitalists, are reportedly being tapped to help out. For instance, VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and in particular co-founder Marc Andreessen, is repeatedly being mentioned. He, along with Antonio Gracias and Joe Lonsdale, are reportedly…

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