Sprint is close to an agreement to buy Nextel for more than $35 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. A Sprint-Nextel merger, which would combine the No.

Boy this whole merger between aquiring all these Sprint affiliates and being required to buy Nextel Partners is costing a ton. I wonder if they forsaw all of this at the time of merger. I would say, ...

— -- Sprint and Nextel Communications said this week they intend to finalize their merger on August 12, after gaining all required regulatory approval. The companies will become Sprint Nextel and ...