The $26.5 billion acquisition will create a major competitor to AT&T.
The seven-year ban comes after ZTE violated terms of a deal after pleading guilty to shipping US technology to Iran.
Spotify acquires licensing tech provider Loudr.fm, to help it to locate songwriters and pay them royalties they are due.
The US Federal Trade Commission takes the unusual step of opening an investigation into the social media giant.
Amazon has become the second most valuable publicly listed US company, surpassing Google parent Alphabet for the first time.
The US president blocked Broadcom's proposed takeover of Qualcomm on national security grounds.
The company says Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger.
Music streaming service Spotify filed for an IPO on the NYSE last week.
The data-sharing business filed for an initial public offering of up to $500 million with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Internet giant aims to capture sales from businesses that manage a growing number of devices connected to the Net.
The company invests $474 million in Shanda Games, a privately held Chinese developer of online games.