Washington Has Delivered a Tangled Message on AT&T's Power [telecom]

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Washington Has Delivered a Tangled Message on AT&T's Power

Loosening rules on internet providers would let big companies charge more for their services. But a suit to block a merger signals a tougher stance against big business.

In a matter of hours this week, the Trump administration twice weighed in on one of the central issues shaping business and society today - just how much market power big companies should be allowed to amass.

Yet in back-to-back developments, two federal agencies arrived at starkly different conclusions, and one company, AT&T, found itself on opposite sides of the debate.