Bloomberg AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV and Dish Network Corp., suffering the steepest subscriber losses in the pay-TV industry, are open to a merger and both companies believe such a deal could pass muster with US regulators, according to people familiar with their thinking. It’s been 17 years since a proposed combination of the two satellite-TV services was deemed bad for consumers ...

Bloomberg The US and Russian navies sniped at each other after a near collision between warships in the Philippine Sea. The US 7th Fleet in a statement called the Russian ship’s actions “unsafe and unprofessional,” while the Russian Pacific Fleet said the US vessel’s moves were “unacceptable,” according to state news agency TASS. The tiff happened on the same day ...

Bloomberg The Pentagon reiterated promises to respond to any use of chemical weapons by Syrian forces as the Assad regime’s offensive against militants in a key northwestern province threatens to cause another humanitarian crisis in the country’s eight-year civil war. The US and its allies “will respond quickly and appropriately,” Michael Mulroy, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle ...