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Verizon said to be near $27B Alltel deal

Verizon Communications is near a deal to buy Alltel for about $27 billion, including the assumption of debt, creating the nation’s largest cellular telephone provider, people involved in the negotiations said. A deal could be announced as early as today, they said.

The deal would....

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