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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will compete against each other for a $9 million prize on Black Friday.

AT&T Inc posted a surprise gain in U.S. wireless subscribers on Wednesday but quarterly profit rose less than expected, held back by its declining satellite TV business, sending its shares down more than 3 percent before the bell.

An appeals court that is hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s fight with AT&T over its merger with Time Warner agreed on Friday to allow the release of transcripts of bench conferences that the public was unable to listen in on during the trial in a lower court.

President Donald Trump denounced the deal when it was first announced in October 2016. The Justice Department said that AT&T's ownership of both DirecTV and Time Warner, especially its Turner subsidiary, would give AT&T unfair leverage against rival pay TV providers that relied on content like CNN and HBO's "Game of Thrones."

A merger between AT&T and Time Warner could result in TV subscription fees increasing by as much as $436 million per year for Americans.

Major cable providers are planning to increase the cost of service for subscribers in 2018, making cutting the cord more tempting than ever.

Comcast introduced its plan for cord cutters and cord nevers: Xfinity Instant TV Beta.