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<description>Mobile operator to reinvest £2.1bn Verizon dividend rather than return it to investors, after suffering biggest fall in service revenues in five years</description>
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<description>The publication of the UK group’s results could help focus the attention of Vodafone and its investors on the future of their stake in Verizon Wireless</description>
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<description>US satellite broadcaster overcomes spoiling tactic by rival suitor SoftBank of Japan by lining up bank backing for its $25.5bn offer</description>
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<description>Verizon Wireless’s declaration of a $7bn dividend to be paid to its owners leads to multiple conspiracy theories on possible Vodafone bid</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:54:40 GMT</pubDate>
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