TECHNOLOGY

AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Faces Tough Environment for Mergers

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 | 7:34 p.m.

Calls from critics for the government to block AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA -- like the one from Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. this week -- come as no surprise. In the wake of the Comcast-NBC Universal deal, public skepticism of big corporations is high.