Deals
Charter Seen Eyeing Cox After Time Warner Loss: Real M&A
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Charter Communications Inc. may not lick its wounds for long before trying to grab another piece of the consolidating U.S. cable industry.
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts swooped in last week to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45 billion, nabbing the second-largest U.S. cable provider out from under Charter CEO Tom Rutledge’s nose. Charter, John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. and advisers are having a board meeting next week to discuss options, according to a person familiar with the matter.