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CNN
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Alitalia's board is meeting Tuesday to discuss the breakdown of takeover talks with Air France-KLM. Air France-KLM on Monday gave Alitalia's unions a chance to reconsider their stance on its withdrawn takeover bid, which it insisted is the only option to..
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BBC News
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Societe Generale's management has begun talks which are set to decide the fate of the bank's head, Daniel Bouton.
Mr Bouton is under growing pressure to take responsibility for one of the biggest trading scandals in history.
The bank has blamed juni..
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MSNBC
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A particularly thorny issue for Delta Air Lines Inc. in its talks with United Airlines and Northwest Airlines about a combination with one of the carriers is where the merged company would be based and what it would be called, industry observers say.
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MSNBC
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Hollywood writers and producers broke off contract talks Wednesday night without a new deal, allowing the Writers Guild of America’s current pact to expire at midnight.
It wasn’t immediately known whether the writers will walk off the job. A call t..
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MSNBC
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Ford Motor Co. will seek further cuts in its U.S. hourly work force when it officially returns to the bargaining table with the United Auto Workers, according to officials from both sides who have been briefed on the talks.
The two officials, who didn'..
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BBC News
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The US has warned that a world trade deal could be stalled for years if no progress is made by the end of 2007.
US trade secretary Susan Schwab told an Apec meeting that time was running out to breathe life back into the talks.
Asia-Pacific nations..
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Washington Post
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Carlyle Group, a District-based private-equity firm, is in the early stages of discussions to purchase Virgin Media, according to a source familiar with the talks.
The Virgin Media deal could reach nearly $20 billion, according to the source who spoke..
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CNN
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is in talks over a possible merger with Borsa Italiana, in its latest attempt to head off expansion of the combined New York Stock Exchange and Euronext.
"London Stock Exchange Group Plc confirms that it is in discussion..
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Al Jazeera
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In addition the US has accused China of dragging its feet in tackling product piracy, and has launched a case at the World Trade Organisation over the issue.
The rows have escalated trade tensions between the two economic giants and raised fears of a..
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Washington Post
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On the eve of high-level economic talks in Washington next week, Chinese leaders are increasingly bitter about what they see as bullying behavior by the United States on trade issues, potentially complicating efforts to tackle disputes on such matters as..
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BusinessWeek
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Though the combination would be a formidable opponent to Google, company sources say merger reports are based on talks a few months ago
On paper, a merger of Microsoft and Yahoo! looks like the perfect foil to the seemingly unstoppable momentum of Goog..
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BusinessWeek
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Shares jumped Friday after a press report that student-loan outfit SLM is in talks for a $20 billion private-equity buyout
Would being a private company lend Sallie Mae a hand amid greater government restrictions on the student loan biz? According to a..
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FOX News
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Confirming weeks of conjecture and rumor, DaimlerChrysler AG's chairman said Wednesday that it has been in talks with people about the sale of its struggling Chrysler unit.
"In this context, I can confirm that we are talking with some of the potential..
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Los Angeles Times
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Just a day after agreeing to extend contract talks for three weeks, the union that represents 65,000 Southern California grocery workers targeted Albertsons for a strike vote Sunday.
Union officials say that despite the extension, negotiations are movi..
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BBC News
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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..
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