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	If confirmed, the transaction would mark Comcast&#39;s triumph over the nation&#39;s fourth largest cable operator, Charter Communications and its biggest shareholder, Liberty Media Corp.</div>
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	Comcast plans to announce the deal Thursday, according to The Los Angeles Times.</div>
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	The Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying that Time Warner Cable shareholders will receive $158.82 a share in stock for their shares under the deal, about $23 a share above where TWC has been trading.&nbsp;</div>
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	Charter&#39;s most recent offer was valued at $132.50 a share, rejected as too low compared to TWC&#39;s goal of $160 a share.</div>
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	The Journal said TWC had long seen Comcast as a preferred merger partner, noting it approached Comcast about a deal last year in hopes of sidelining Charter.</div>
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Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 bn: reports

WASHINGTON - Comcast Corp. has reached a $45 billion stock deal to buy Time Warner Cable, in a move that would merge the two biggest cable operators in the United States, US media reported Wednesday.