- The WSJ reports at least six banks are working on financing proposals for a Sprint (S +3%) bid for T-Mobile USA (TMUS +0.7%). Sprint, whose shares jumped a week ago when the paper first reported the carrier is thinking of making an offer for its smaller rival, is now up 16% since the initial report arrived.
- Financing or not, close regulatory scrutiny of a proposed merger between the third and fourth-largest U.S. mobile carriers is a given. JPMorgan noted yesterday a Dish (DISH +1.6%) bid for T-Mobile (TMUS +0.7%), also reportedly being weighed, would have much less trouble being cleared by regulators.