Report" Regulators recommendation could hurt chances for Comcast-TWC merger

Federal regulators are going to make it tough for Comcast Corp. to complete its $45 billion proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable. According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the situation, the Federal Communications Commission’s staff recommended a procedural move that could sink the dea l, concluding that the best option would be to implement a “hearing designation order.” That would put the merger in the hands of an administrative law judge, and…