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AT&T Board Approves Expected Post-Close Annual Dividend of $1.11 per share, Expected to be Among Highest Dividend Yields in Corporate America All AT&T Shareholders to Receive an Estimated 0.24 shares of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Common Stock for Each Share of AT&T Owned AT&T Shareholders to Own Approximately 71% of New WBD AT&T, Inc. (( T ) today announced that its board of directors has determined to spin off AT&T''s interest in WarnerMedia in connection with the previously announced transaction with Discovery, Inc (NASDAQ: DISCA , DISCB, DISCK)). The transaction, which will spin off 100% of AT&T''s interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T''s existing shareholders in a pro rata distribution, followed by the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. Additionally, AT&T''s board of directors approved an expected post-close annual dividend of $1.11 per AT&T share, to account for the distribution of WarnerMedia to AT&T shareholders and to size the annual dividend payout at approximately 40% of projected free cash flow 1 to enable investment in attractive growth opportunities.

Comments from CEO John Stankey on a spinoff versus a split appear to have depressed the stock price.

AT&Ts new Unlimited Max plan costs $45 / month and is only available in-store at Walmart. The plan offers unlimited 5G data, unlimited talk and text, HD streaming, as well as 100GB of cloud storage.

After the fiasco that was the 5G C-Band launch, a new statement from the FAA indicates that its ongoing communication with AT&T and Verizon is working towards making things clear for airlines.

Federal regulators will allow telecom giants AT&T and Verizon to station more 5G towers closer to airports.

Concern about new high-speed wireless service interfering with airplanes appears to be easing

Friday''s top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Abbott Laboratories, ArcelorMittal, AT&T, Chewy, Clean Energy Fuels, Fisker, Freeport-McMoRan, Intel, Las Vegas Sands, Lennar, Marathon Digital, Pag Seguro Digital, Seagate Technology, Twilio and Walmart.

About 53% of the regional fleet is facing restrictions. | Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images In the lead-up to AT&T and Verizons rollout of their upgraded 5G C-band equipment, it seemed like the sky was falling. For years , the Federal Aviation Administration and airline organizations had voiced concerns that the upgraded cellular tech could interfere with vital safety equipment on planes, while the FCC and carriers insisted it was safe, pointing to similar rollouts in dozens of other countries . Even after several delays , there were still last-minute deals being made between carriers and regulators, with airlines banding together to warn that the activation could cause a catastrophic disruption to air travel and shipping. Several international airlines canceled flights to certain US airports . But just a few days after the Continue reading

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The CEOs of several major airlines have concerns about 5G.