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SprintNextel_041215.sPubDate = "12/15/2004 4:56:34 PM GMT";
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SprintNextel_041215.appHeader = "By the numbers|Sprint-Nextel deal at a glance";
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SprintNextel_041215[i-1].body = "Sprint Corp. is buying Nextel Communications Inc. for $35 billion in stock and cash.";

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SprintNextel_041215[i-1].body = "Sprint had $27 billion in revenue for the 12 months ending in September, Nextel had $13 billion. Nextel was an attractive acquisition target because its subscribers are more likely to be big-spending business customers. ";

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SprintNextel_041215[i-1].body = "The combined company will have 35.4 million subscribers; 20.1 million from Sprint and 15.3 million from Nextel.";

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SprintNextel_041215[i-1].body = "No. 1 Cingular Wireless has 46 million subscribers while No. 2 Verizon Wireless has 42.1 million.";

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