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Comcast 4Q net income jumps 18 percent

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Comcast Corp.’s fourth-quarter net income rose 18 percent, helped by improvements in its broadcast operations and growth in its high-speed Internet services.

The cable company released its fourth-quarter results Tuesday while announcing it is buying the remaining 49 percent of NBCUniversal that it didn’t already own, for $16.7 billion. It is buying the stake from General Electric years ahead of schedule.

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