Here's an uplifting story from the dark halls of Washington's revolving door (via FT)
"Months before AT&T unveiled its $39bn bid for T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom’s US mobile arm, the biggest US telecoms operator sought to sweeten regulators by sending 1,500 cupcakes to the Federal Communications Commission’s offices in Washington...James Cicconi, AT&T’s head of public policy, had served under George Bush senior and Ronald Reagan and had a reputation for getting what he wanted."
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