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Too Big to Block? Why Obama Must Stop the Comcast-NBC Merger

Josh Silver | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Trust, Comcast-NBC Merger, NBC Universal, Msnbc, Comcast Merger, Obama Antitrust, NBC Merger, Antitrust, Mergers, Media News
Josh Silver

If President Obama really wants to change the system that green-lighted the bailout of "too big to fail" banks, he will have to overhaul federal antitrust laws so that they actually protect the greater good.

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Goldman Sachs in Talks to Acquire Treasury Department

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mark Sanford, Treasury Department, Goldman Sachs, Andy Borowitz, Jake Tapper, ABC News, Mergers, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

According to a Goldman spokesperson, the merger between Goldman and the Treasury Department is "a good fit" because "they're in the business of printing money and so are we."

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Why the Oracle Acquisition of Sun Gives Me a Java Headache

Heidi Sinclair | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Sun, Business, Java, Oracle, Mergers, Business News
Heidi Sinclair

Oracle has gone unchecked in amassing its dominant position to date through 73 acquisitions. But with Sun -- and the concerns it raises about the future of Java, and general market dominance-- it may finally be time to take a hard look at Oracle.

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Better Fetters

Bob Franken | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regulation, Economy, Mergers, President Obama, Politics News
Bob Franken

Let's assume we recover from our near collapse. If we do, or even if we pretend to, we need to ponder the overarching lesson we should learn from all...

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Non-Profit Mergers: The Limits of Selflessness?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Nonprofits, Non-Profits, Globalgiving, Non-Profit Merger, Mergers, Business News
Dennis Whittle

It 's surprisingly difficult to make a compelling case for more mergers among non-profits.

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The Flow-Chart Fallacy

Max Stier | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Federal Workforce, Politics News, Partnership for Public Service, Federal Government, President Obama, President Obama Administration, Restructuring, Max Stier, Mergers, Politics News
Max Stier

Do reorganizations make government work better? The results have been mixed.

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Pharmaceutical Mergers Considered

New York Times | NATASHA SINGER and DUFF WILSON | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Drug Company Mergers, Pharmaceutical Industry, Drugs, Drug-Makers, Drug Mergers, Mergers, Drug Makers, Business News

Sports fans have fantasy baseball. Drug industry analysts have fantasy mergers. In the pharmaceutical version of the game, analysts use balance she...

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Stiffed: Why Are Bailed-Out Banks Helping Pfizer Buy Wyeth?

Paul Loeb | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Economic Crisis, Wyeth, Pfizer, Bank of America, Citibank, Viagra, Barclays, Mergers, Business News
Paul Loeb

Pfizer, Viagra's daddy, is using money from taxpayer-bailed-out banks to help buy major pharmaceutical competitor Wyeth. That won't help taxpayers or consumers. Nor is it designed to.

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British Airways-Qantas Merger Talks Underway

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: British Airways, Airlines, Qantas, Mergers, Business News

LONDON — British Airways PLC and Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. said Tuesday they are holding talks about a potential merger, sparking hopes of...

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The Tipping Point? Merger Deals Could Be Ray Of Hope

New York Times | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Finance, Economy, M&A, Blackstone, Apria, Mergers, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business News

Market observers are desperately trying to call a bottom in the stock market, but something more dynamic is happening in the M&A market. The events o...

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Coopetition, Frenemies And Mergers In The Making

CNN | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Gm, General Motors, Coopetition, Chrysler, Mergers, Media News

This morning, I read about the potential merger of General Motors (GM) and Chrysler. Then I read about the benign rivalry of two divas of the blog wor...

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Microsoft Not Interested In Acquiring Yahoo!

Wired | John C Abell | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Internet Companies, Mergers, Business News

Hours after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tantalized investors with the possibility of putting a deal with Yahoo back on the tracks, the company issued ...

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Blizzard Activision Deal Closes, Video Game Publishing Giant Born

Huffington Post | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business

Read More: World of Warcraft, Activision, Blizzard Merger, Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard, Guitar Hero, Vivendi, Robert Kotick, Video Games, Mergers, Business News

Video game publishers Activision and Vivendi announced this week that their merger -- in the news for months -- is official. The new company, Activisi...

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"Bagels With Billary"

Charles Warner | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes, Media Consolidation, Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Time Warner AOL, Mergers, Media News
Charles Warner

Think of it, Bagels With Billary, a morning show simulcast with Katie Couric as hostess and either Bill or Hillary or both talking with each other or to other celebrities. Who wouldn't go on their show?

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Each Major US Airline In Mega Merger Negotiations

Reuters | Jui Chakravorty Das | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

Read More: American Continental, Continental United, US Airlines, American US Airways, Airline Industry, Airline Mergers, Airline Consolidation, Delta Northwest, Mergers, Business News

American Airlines (AMR.N) has had early-stage merger talks with US Airways (LCC.N) and is in advanced talks for an alliance with Continental Airlines ...

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Merrill CEO O'Neal Rumored To Have Angered Board With Merger Talk

New York Times | JENNY ANDERSON, LANDON THOMAS, Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: E. Stanley O'Neal, Merrill Lynch, Mergers, Suprime Mortgage Crisis, Wachovia, Business News

Facing billions of dollars in losses from the subprime mortgage crisis, Merrill Lynch chairman and chief executive, E. Stanley O'Neal, floated the ide...

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Biggest Bank Merger Ever Set To Close For $101 Billion

Wall Street Journal | JASON SINGER and CARRICK MOLLENKAMP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Banking, ABN Amro, Royal Bank of Scotland, Mergers, Business News

The biggest banking deal ever is likely to conclude today, resulting in the dismemberment of one of Europe's largest banks. The significance of the d...

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