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NATION/WORLD Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Judge approves AT&T-Time Warner merger WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge approved the $85 billion mega-merger of AT&T and Time Warner on Tuesday, potentially ushering in a wave of media consolida- tion while shaping how much consumers pay for streaming TV and movies. U.S. District Judge Rich- ard Leon green-lit the merger without imposing major con- ditions as some experts had expected. The Trump Jus- tice Department had sued to block the $85 billion merger, arguing that it would hurt competition in cable and sat- ellite TV and jack up costs to consumers for streaming TV and movies. Now, the phone and pay-TV giant AT&T will be allowed to absorb the owner of CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio, “Game of Thrones,” coveted sports programming and other “must-see” shows. The Justice Department could appeal the ruling, although it said only that it is consider- ing its options. The ruling could open the floodgates to deal making in the fast-changing worlds of entertainment produc- tion and distribution. Major cable, satellite and phone companies are bulking up with purchases of entertain- ment conglomerates to com- pete against rivals born on the internet such as Amazon and Google. Waiting in the wings are potential big-billions deals involving 21st Century Fox and Disney, Verizon and CBS, T-Mobile and Sprint. Charitable giving in U.S. tops $400B NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by a surging stock market and huge gifts from billionaires, charitable giv- ing in the United States in 2017 topped the $400 bil- lion mark for the first time, according to the latest com- prehensive report on Ameri- cans’ giving patterns. The Giving USA report, released Tuesday, said giv- ing from individuals, estates, foundations and corpora- tions reached an estimated East Oregonian $410 billion in 2017 — more than the gross domestic product of countries such as Israel and Ireland. The total was up 5.2 percent in current dollars from the estimate of $389 billion for 2016. Giving increased to eight of the nine charitable sectors identified by Giving USA. The only decline was for areas related to international affairs. The biggest increase was in giving to foundations — up 15.5 percent. That surge was driven by large gifts from major philanthropists to their own foundations — Page 7A including $1 billion from Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, and $2 billion from Facebook CEO Mark Zuck- erberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. Other sectors with increases of more than 6 percent included educa- tion, health, arts and culture, environment and animal welfare, and public-soci- ety benefit organizations — groups which work on such issues as voter education, civil rights, civil liberties and consumer rights. PO BOX 1 • 101 Olson Rd • Boardman, OR 97818 • 541-481-3014 www.boardmanchamber.org • email: info@boardmanchamber.org Boardman Chamber of Commerce Announces 2018 Frostbite Golf Tournament Scholarship Recipients Boardman Chamber of Commerce is a proud supporter of Riverside Jr/Sr High School and their students. CONGRATULATIONS! Left to Right (Back Row): Gustavo Amaya, Kevin Madrigal, Misael Madrigal, Fabian Meza, Paul Diaz Left to Right (Seated): Abigail Hernandez, Ruby Barrera Proceeds from the 2018 Frostbite Scholarship Golf Tournament gave the Boardman Chamber of Commerce the opportunity to award seven $1,000 scholarships to just a few of the expletory RHS students graduating in 2018. 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