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Time Warner Cable’s new plan: sell divisions for a loss

July 10, 2008

Time Warner Cable is selling 80,000 subscribers to Windjammer Communications for a nice loss of $45 million. At least they get a fat tax write-off, right?

Source: Reuters

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Posted in Brainy Ideas by Jacopo Kane
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Starring: Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Windjammer Communications
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  1. October 2 at 7:00 am
    Jim:

    Time warner is selling their small cable service in pitt county but has failed to offer it to the county first for like 20% of what they paid. The county could buy it for like 300,000 vs the value of 3 million. This was in their contract, other area should check this out

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