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Vodafone Seen Moving Ahead With India IPO; M&A Eyed

Vodafone Group (VOD) may plow ahead with an initial public offering of its wireless business in India, a move that would be closely watched amid views that an IPO could be a precursor to a bigger spin-off of emerging market assets. A Vodafone restructuring, meanwhile, could open the door to renewed merger discussions with either Liberty Global (LBTYA) or AT&T (T). Liberty Global, with 24 million video subscribers, sells cable TV services in the

Amazon.com Turned Its Back On YouTube Video Ads

New ad formats helped Alphabet (GOOGL) -owned video wing YouTube attract more ad revenue throughout last year, even as YouTube’s share of the market is expected to recede as competitors led by Facebook (FB) muscle in to the segment, according to an eMarketer report released Wednesday. U.S. video ad revenue growth for YouTube in the U.S. will fall 6.2% in 2017, eMarketer estimates, and YouTube’s share of the video ad market will slip. The decreases