Cowboys in love

10 August 2017 By Liam Proud

Altice, controlled by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, wants to buy U.S. cable group Charter Communications. The $180 bln price makes a cash bid tricky. Altice could use its own stock too, but the group’s leverage and poor voting rights may deter Charter shareholder John Malone.

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