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• The Federal Communications Commission last week approved Little Rock-based Alltel Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp of Bellevue, Wash

  - 2005-07-18

  The Federal Communications Commission last week approved Little Rock-based Alltel Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp of Bellevue, Wash. The FCC order contains no conditions beyond the divestitures required by the Department of Justice on July 6. The Justice Department granted tentative approval on condition that the two...

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• Alltel, Justice Department reach terms on Western Wireless merger

  - 2005-07-06

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Alltel (NYSE: AT) today announced it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice related to the company's pending merger with Western Wireless Corporation. Under the agreement, Alltel will divest 16 markets in Arkansas, Kansas and Nebraska now owned and operated by Western...

  Tags: Alltel Corp., FINANCE, Investment, merger, U.S. Department of Justice, Western Wireless Corp.

• FCC requests more detail from Alltel on Western Wireless buy.(News)

  - 2005-03-14

  The Federal Communications Commission has asked Alltel Corp. to provide additional information in regard to its pending $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. The request, which was filed March 1 and released yesterday, follows a similar request by the Department of Justice earlier this month....

  Tags: acquisition, Alltel Corp., FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Western Wireless Corp.

• Stocks to Watch Thursday: EXNT, AMTD, WWCA, MAXM.

  - 2005-03-10

  M2 PRESSWIRE-10 March 2005-StockRising.com: Stocks to Watch Thursday: EXNT, AMTD, WWCA, MAXMC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10032005 SARASOTA, Fla. - ExNet.com (OTCBB: EXNT), Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: AMTD), Western Wireless Corp. (Nasdaq: WWCA), Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAXM) Investors...

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• US Department of Justice requests more information from Alltel and Western Wireless

  - 2005-03-03

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-3 March 2005-US Department of Justice requests more information from Alltel and Western WirelessC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Telecomms companies Alltel Corp and Western Wireless Corp have received a request from the US Department of Justice to provide additional information on Alltel's acquisition of Western Wireless. Alltel said...

  Tags: Alltel Corp., FINANCE, Investment, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice, Western Wireless Corp., WIRELESS

• SmallCapReview Stocks to Watch: BE Aerospace Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAV), Post Properties Inc. (NYSE: PPS), Alltell (NYSE: AYZ) Western Wireless Corp. (Nasdaq: WWCA).

  - 2005-01-06

  M2 PRESSWIRE-6 January 2005-SmallCapReview: SmallCapReview Stocks to Watch: BE Aerospace Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAV), Post Properties Inc. (NYSE: PPS), Alltell (NYSE: AYZ) Western Wireless Corp. (Nasdaq: WWCA)C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01062005 SmallCapReview Stocks to Watch: BE Aerospace Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAV), Post...

  Tags: BE Aerospace Inc., FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NYSE Euronext, Post Properties Inc., Western Wireless Corp.

• Western Wireless Registers Shareholder Stock; No Primary Shares Will Be Offered By the Company

  - 1998-04-06

  ISSAQUAH, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 6, 1998--Western Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ:WWCA), a leading provider of cellular and personal communications services PCS, today announced that it would register 10 million shares of its stock on behalf of investment funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman L.L.C. and The Goldman Sachs Group L.P. Both shareholders...

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