United States: the operator AT&T acquires Time Warner for $85.4bn (€77.6 bn)

AT&T, the US telecommunications company, has announced it reached an agreement with Time Warner to acquire the latter, a US audiovisual company, for $85.4bn (€77.6bn), on 22/10/2016. With this acquisition, AT&T notably takes control of the major US companies: Warner Bros; Turner Broadcasting System; and HBO (all subsidiaries of Time Warner)...