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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is recommending approval of the $5 billion merger between the nation's two satellite radio broadcasters in exchange for concessions that include turning over 24 channels to noncommercial and minority p..
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BusinessWeek
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Though beset by restive shareholders and pressure from Carl Icahn, Yang has his reasons to push for a better deal from Microsoft
For more than a month, Yahoo (YHOO) co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang has endured a withering attack by shareholder..
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BusinessWeek
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With bankruptcy looming, the banks reach a deal: JPMorgan will acquire the troubled investment house for only $2 a share
In the end, Bear Stearns (BSC), the once-storied New York investment firm that became the victim of an old-fashioned run on the ban..
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Delta Air Lines is close to a deal to buy Northwest Airlines, according to news reports.
Leaders of the union representing the 11,100 pilots at the two airlines have reached an agreement on consolidating the two groups of workers under a merged carrier..
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Apple Inc and News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow consumers to rent movies through Apple’s digital iTunes Store, media reports said on Thursday.
The agreement will allow rentals of Fox’s latest DVD releas..
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Faced with the indefinite suspension of negotiations, the union representing striking Hollywood writers told its members Saturday it would try to deal directly with Hollywood studios and production companies, bypassing the umbrella organization that has b..
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BusinessWeek
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Uncle Sam's scrutiny likely won't derail Google's $3.1 billion deal, but it may result in some limits on the search king
There was little doubt that the Federal Trade Commission would thoroughly investigate Google's (GOOG) planned acquisition of Double..
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News and information group Reuters has agreed to be bought out by Canadian financial data provider Thomson in a deal worth about $17bn.
The tie-up will create the world's biggest financial news and data firm, allowing the new company to leapfrog its ma..
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Belgian brewer InBev on Sunday warned Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. against doing a reported deal with Mexico's Grupo Modelo SAB, saying it could endanger the premium price it's willing to pay for the King of Beers.
In a letter to Chief Executive Officer Au..
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BusinessWeek
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With a Verizon-Alltel deal, the wireless industry is poised for a new round of mergers—and declining competition
Verizon Wireless is close to buying Alltel in a $28 billion deal that would create the nation's biggest cell phone provider with more tha..
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The electronics chain puts out the "For Sale" sign, hiring Goldman Sachs to assist on a deal, most likely with Blockbuster
Circuit City is finally throwing in the towel. Confronted with weak sales, impatient shareholders, and a U.S. consumer pummeled b..
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Mars Inc. and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., were close to a deal to acquire the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for more than $22 billion, according to media reports, a takeover with the potential to transform the confectionary industry worldwide...
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BBC News
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Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have agreed to merge in a $5bn (�2.5bn) deal that will create the world's biggest carrier.
The new airline, to be called Delta, will have annual revenue of more than $35bn and employ about 75,..
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BusinessWeek
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The carmakers will produce vehicles for each other, though it's unclear if the agreement paves the way for an all-out alliance
As a name, Renault-Nissan-Chrysler goes together like chardonnay, sushi, and barbecue. Could such a business tieup be in the..
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BusinessWeek
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Even as they cut a deal with MySpace for online music, the record labels are looking at other ways to make money online
On Apr. 3 the recording industry sent a clear signal about its changing attitude toward the Internet. The social networking site MyS..
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BusinessWeek
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The idea of taking over the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk may have been a bluff to get a better deal on Russia's Admiral Gorshkov. If so, it didn't fly
The controversy over India's purchase of a globally capable aircraft carrier is finally laid to rest. Last week,..
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CNN
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The Rolling Stones announced Thursday they have signed a deal to release the soundtrack to their Martin Scorsese-directed concert film through Universal Music Group. The move does not bode well for EMI Group, the label that has been the Stones' home for 1..
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Bank of America Corp. said Friday it has agreed to buy Countrywide Financial for $4 billion in stock, a deal that both rescues the country’s largest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of the nation’s largest consumer bank.
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CNN
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Bank of America said Friday it has agreed to buy Countrywide Financial for $4 billion, a deal that rescues the country's largest mortgage lender. It comes just months after Bank of America plugged $2 billion in Countrywide during the height of the summer'..
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BusinessWeek
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A deal with LG to stream movies to TVs puts it up against Amazon and others in a race for what many predict will be a multibillion-dollar download market
In the high-stakes race to get downloaded video onto consumers' TVs, Netflix (NFLX) may have just..
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