Sprint shares swing wildly as regulators send mixed messages on T-Mobile merger

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Sprint shares were briefly halted Monday after the company received mixed signals from different federal agencies about its proposed merger.

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai says Monday he plans to recommend the agency approve the $26.5 billion merger, The Associated Press reports earlier in the day. John Legere, chief executive officer and president of T-Mobile US Inc., left, gives two thumbs-up as Marcelo Claure, chief executive officer of Sprint Corp., listens during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Monday, April 30, 2018.

 

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