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How Comcast trumped Rupert Murdoch

The bidding saw three companies pursue AT&T Broadband but with software giant Microsoft helping, two men from Tupelo, Mississippi stole the show

By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Seth Schiesel  /  NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK

Brian and Ralph Roberts led a squadron of executives, lawyers and bankers on a jubilant march to Wachtel Lipton's offices.

There, Brian Roberts and Armstrong signed the documents. Three different sets had been prepared, depending on the winner.

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