Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) agreed to buy Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)’s 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, getting full control of the most profitable U.S. mobile-phone carrier in the biggest acquisition in more than a decade. The deal, sought by Verizon since at least 2004, implies a total value for Verizon Wireless of almost $290 billion -- larger than the market capitalization of Google Inc. or the gross domestic product of Singapore. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-02/verizon-agrees-to-130-billion-vodafone-deal.html