CNBC: Korean carrier in talks to buy Sprint

July 15, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- South Korea's SK Telecom Corp. is in talks to buy struggling U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., business news channel CNBC reported Tuesday

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