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The vision of Clearwire (CLWR) is definitely ambitious: to "give you faster Internet at home, at work and on the go, so that people everywhere will have the magic of the Internet with them all the time." This means building a sophisticated network across the country, which does not come cheap.

Clearwire (CLWR) this morning said it has signed a deal to raise $1.564 billion in new capital from Sprint Nextel (S), Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (TWC), Intel (INTC), Eagler River Holdings (investor Craig McCaw’s investment vehicle) and Bright House Networks, who are buying new shares priced at $7.33 apiece. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the financing yesterday.

The stock closed yesterday at $6.80.

Here’s the way the new cash breaks down:

• Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is due to formalize its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) bid for about $16.7 billion as the deadline for an offer hits

• Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) announced it is selling its TASC consulting operations to two private equity firms for $1.65 billion

• About $30 billion was the agreed-to valuation which General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) placed on the joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast

• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) upgraded Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE) to "buy," and lifted its price target to $42

NBC Universal is worth about $30 billion, Comcast (CMCSA) and General Electric (GE) agree, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter.” That meeting of the minds on the valuation of NBCU brings a deal for Comcast to buy NBCU a little closer to reality. The WSJ says a deal could come as soon as the end of this week.

The piece note, though, that Vivendi, which owns 20% of NBCU - GE owns the rest. The Journal says it is unclear whether Vivendi supports the deal Comcast and GE are sketching out.

Clearwire (CLWR) is going to get another $1.5 billion in capital from some of its key corporate investors, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cits “two people familiar with the matter.” The company needs the additional capital to build out its WiMax wireless broadband network.