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"The New York Times" reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web.
2024-03-31

The U.S. Justice Department announces it will defend former President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her in the 1990s.
2021-06-7

The explosion also results in AT&T service outages across the U.S. due to infrastructure damage to a service facility located near the blast site. Cellular, wireline telephone, Internet, and U-verse television service, as well as multiple local 9-1-1 and non-emergency phone networks, are among the services affected.
2020-12-25

The U.S. Department of Justice files a lawsuit blocking the potential merger of AT&T and Time Warner.
2017-11-20

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan blocks the $6.3 billion merger of major office supply companies Staples and Office Depot, finding it would result in reduced competition and higher prices. The companies announce they are abandoning the deal.
2016-05-10

Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc., the second- and third-largest oilfield service firms, announce the cancellation of their $28 billion merger which has faced opposition from U.S. and European antitrust regulators. Halliburton will reportedly have to pay Baker Hughes a $3.5 billion termination fee if the deal is called off. [https:--www.bloomberg.com-news-articles-2016-05-01-halliburton-baker-hughes-said-to-call-off-28-billion-merger (Bloomberg)] [https:--www.reuters.com-article-us-bakerhughes-m-a-halliburton-idUSKCN0XS1KW?il=0 (Reuters)] [http:--finance.yahoo.com-news-halliburton-baker-hughes-announce-termination-000000573.html (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)]date=May 2020
2016-05-1

S&P Dow Jones Indices announces it will add the company Apple Inc. to its Dow Jones Industrial Average index of stocks on March 19, replacing AT&T.
2015-03-6

The US Justice Department's inspector general finds that the agency's Operation Fast and Furious created a "significant danger to public safety". The investigation also finds that Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. had no prior knowledge of the operation.
2012-09-19

U.S. Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, in a letter to the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission, demands that they block the effort of telephone giant AT&T to buy rival T-Mobile USA.
2011-07-26

AT&T and Deutsche Telekom reach an agreement for AT&T to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stock.
2011-03-20