Vodafone ( VOD ) might not be getting a Verizon Wireless cash distribution this year, Verizon ( VZ ) CEO Lowell McAdam hints in comments seen as an effort to further pressure Vodafone into selling its Verizon Wireless stake. At a meeting hosted by JPMorgan analyst Philip Cusick, McAdam said the top ... Some big Verizon ( VZ -0.8% ) shareholders seem comfortable with the carrier paying $120B-$130B to acquire Vodafone's ( VOD -0.4% ) 45% stake in Verizon Wireless. "No way do I dream that $100 billion is going to get this deal done," says Craig Leopold, whose firm (Columbia Management) owns 22M ... Vodafone ( VOD ) wants $130B from Verizon ( VZ ) for its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless, the WSJ reports. The paper notes Verizon, which has reportedly been eying an initial bid of $100B , seems to be using a PR campaign - promising Verizon can finance the deal, insisting Vodafone's tax bill will be ... Verizon Communications ( VZ ) has reportedly hired bank and legal advisers ahead of a possible $100B cash and stock bid to buy Vodafone's ( VOD +1.3% in London) 45% stake in Verizon Wireless. Verizon Com, which reckons it can raise $50B from banks to help fund the deal, will structure its offer so ... Verizon Wireless says it will distribute an aggregate $8.5B to 55% owner Verizon ( VZ ) and 45% owner Vodafone ( VOD ) by year's end. A $10B distribution was made last year, but Verizon had been non-committal until now about a follow-up. VOD +2.2% AH. VZ +0.2% . ( PR ) 1 comment! Citi is excited by reports of Verizon ( VZ +1.2% ) attempting to buy out Vodafone's ( VOD +1.4% ) 45% stake in Verizon Wireless: analyst Michael Rollins has upgraded the carriers to Buy, and states a deal would yield "significant EPS and FCF accretion to Verizon in the first year under most of the ... Verizon ( VZ +1.5% ) CFO Fran Shammo predicts the iPhone 5 will only produce a small margin hit for Verizon Wireless' Q4 results, in spite of its generous subsidies. A $30 smartphone upgrade fee announced in April could help cushion the impact. Shammo also claimed Verizon's shared data plans are ... Vodafone ( VOD ) +2.6% after The Sunday Times reports the carrier is "leaning towards making a clean break" with Verizon ( VZ ), and that a Verizon Wireless deal could happen by summer. Talks are said to be "fluid and free-form," with Verizon shareholders standing in the way of a full-blown merger ... Though Verizon ( VZ -0.3% ) CEO Lowell McAdam recently suggested his company is able and willing to buy Vodafone's ( VOD +0.8% ) 45% stake in Verizon Wireless, he has since clarified "there's no discussions about it." With Vodafone's European ops not faring too well lately, the company might be in ... Vodafone ( VOD +2.2% ) spikes after Verizon ( VZ +0.4% ) CEO Lowell McAdam says his company is capable of digesting Vodafone's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless. "We have always said we would love to own all of that asset," he reminds us. The fact Verizon Wireless is now making giant cash distributions ...