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BUSINESS / NEWS Wed May 21, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Lawsuits pitting the online classified and e-commerce giants should make prospective partners think hard before seating a rival on the board Frenemies be afraid. Alliances with would-be competitors can be perilous. Nowhere in techdom is that clearer th.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 3, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Munich Re and rival Swiss Re are designing policies that insure against Third World disasters Natural disasters are on the rise. In 2007 there were 950 around the globe, according to insurer Munich Re, up 12% over 2006. Munich attributes much of the ju.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

MSNBC -- Discount wireless phone service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. on Tuesday offered to buy rival Leap Wireless International Inc. in a stock deal valued at about $5.12 billion. MetroPCS, which offers prepaid phone plans, said it would also assume.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 10:59pm neoform

SF Gate -- Fast food chain Jack in the Box Inc. can continue to air TV ads that make a rival restaurant the butt of its jokes, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford said he wanted to see more evidence of actual harm before barring the.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 12:12am neoform

CNN -- The world's largest mining group, BHP Billiton, is considering a rival bid for aluminum producer Alcan and has hired an investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said. The emergence of BHP as a possible white knight in the face of Alcoa's $28.7.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Jun 8, 2007 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- Shares in French bank BNP rose in a falling market on Friday after a newspaper report that smaller local rival Societe Generale was mulling a tie-up that would create a combined bank ranking number three in Europe. Les Echos said the head of Societe Ge.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 11:11pm neoform

BBC News -- Brazilian budget airline Gol has said it is buying its struggling rival Varig for $275m (�140m). The deal will see Gol take on Varig's debt of about $45m, and get access to its routes to the US and Europe as well as valuable slots at Sao Paolo airpor.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 3:48pm neoform

BBC News -- Barclays has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks with Dutch rival ABN Amro about merging to create a bank worth as much as �80bn ($155bn). The UK's third biggest bank says that the talks are at an early and exploratory stage and there can be no c.. Read More