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mergers and acquisitions stories: 174 news summaries

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Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Strike Search Deal


Jul 29, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft and Yahoo finally officially tied the knot today, with a 10-year deal to integrate their search and advertising businesses, MSNBC reports. It appears Microsoft won't pay Yahoo up front, which is probably a blow to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who promised she'd only join Microsoft for a "boatload... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • online advertising • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • ad revenue • Bing

(Newser) - Boeing Co. today agreed to buy the manufacturing operations of South Carolina-based Vought Aircraft Industries, a key supplier for its much-delayed 787 Dreamliner, in a deal that’s causing much consternation in Seattle, NPR reports. Boeing has long threatened to leave its production base in Washington state for cheaper pastures,... More »

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Boeing • South Carolina • mergers and acquisitions • Washington • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • Seattle

(Newser) - The New York Times Company has hired Goldman Sachs to handle a possible sale of the Boston Globe, the Globe reports. Goldman, which has also been trying to help the Times Co. unload its 17.5% stake in the Red Sox, has been telling prospective buyers it would... More »

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media • New York Times • Boston Red Sox • Goldman Sachs • mergers and acquisitions • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild

(AP) - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Chrysler's sale to Fiat, turning down a last-ditch bid by opponents of the deal. The court late today rejected a plea to block the sale of most of Chrysler's assets to the Italian automaker. With the court's move, the deal can now... More »

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Chrysler • Detroit • mergers and acquisitions • auto industry • Fiat

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today put a temporary stay on the sale of Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat, SCOTUSBlog reports. Ginsburg’s motion allows the justices to further consider the matter, and either postpone the sale or let it go forward. A full postponement of the sale would... More »

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Chrysler • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • bankruptcy • mergers and acquisitions • auto industry • US Supreme Court • sale • Fiat

analysis

 Penske Can Make Saturn Work 


Jun 6, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Penske could be just what the mechanic ordered for Saturn, analysts tell the Detroit News. By leaving the manufacturing work to others—initially GM and then, for a time, foreign automakers—Saturn's new buyer will be able to focus on sales and marketing and avoid the pitfalls GM... More »

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General Motors • mergers and acquisitions • Saturn • auto industry • Roger Penske

(Newser) - The Obama administration foisted the Fiat alliance on Chrysler, brushing aside its concerns about Fiat’s financial health and unwillingness to share technology, the Wall Street Journal reports. E-mails filed during Chrysler’s bankruptcy proceedings show Fiat ignoring requests for documents, reluctant to ante up funds, and... More »

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Chrysler • mergers and acquisitions • Robert Nardelli • Treasury Department • auto industry • Fiat

Analysis

 Hummer Deal Will Make Beijing Crazy 


Jun 3, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The news that an obscure Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer is probably making government officials pull their hair out in frustration, writes Andrew Peaple of the Wall Street Journal. “Beijing is keen for Chinese companies to expand overseas,” he allows. “But they’re also hoping for some... More »

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China • General Motors • mergers and acquisitions • Hummer • Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company

Time Warner Set to Spin Off AOL by Year's End

Division to go public by year's end

May 28, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Time Warner plans to to shed its AOL division by the end of the year, the company said today, spinning it off into a publicly traded firm, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many predicted the move when Time Warner tapped Google ad exec Tim Armstrong as AOL’s CEO,... More »

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Google • Time Warner • AOL • mergers and acquisitions • Jeff Bewkes • spin-off

(Newser) - One of the biggest names in toys is buying one of the oldest. Toys 'R' Us will announce tomorrow that it has struck a deal to purchase FAO Schwarz for an undisclosed amount, reports the New York Times. The store's name won't change. FAO has been a New York City... More »

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New York City • mergers and acquisitions • toys • Toys 'R' Us • FAO Schwarz

Judge Greenlights Chrysler Auction

Bankruptcy ruling starts clock ticking toward merger with Fiat

May 6, 09 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bankruptcy judge has given Chrysler approval to auction off most of its assets by May 27, the Detroit Free Press reports. The move—decided over the strenuous objections of some lenders holding Chrysler debt—is the first step toward the auto maker's proposed partnership with Fiat, which has offered... More »

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Chrysler • bankruptcy • mergers and acquisitions • auto industry • Fiat

(Newser) - Apple is closing in on a $700 million, all-cash deal to buy Twitter, Gawker reports. Silicon Valley sources say an agreement could be announced as early as next month at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, and the iPhone is reportedly the force behind the deal: Its users already post... More »

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social networking • Microsoft • iPhone • mergers and acquisitions • Facebook • Apple • Twitter

Analysis

Chrysler's Honeymoon With Fiat Won't Last Long


May 1, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler is rushing into the arms of Fiat now, but it may be sorry later, writes Dan Neil for the Los Angeles Times. Fiat "pays next to nothing and now has instant access to US markets," which it’s been lusting after. "But in this... More »

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Chrysler • mergers and acquisitions • auto industry • Big Three • Fiat

 Angry Shareholders Pelt 
 Bank Chairman With Shoes 

Fortis meeting turns ugly as investors start singing 'La Marseillaise'

Apr 28, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - An emergency meeting of troubled Belgian bank Fortis had to be suspended today after raucous shareholders raided the stage and pelted the bank's chairman with shoes. The bank is attempting to broker a sale to BNP Paribas, the French giant, but angry small shareholders booed, shouted down speakers and demanded... More »

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Belgium • mergers and acquisitions • shareholders • merger • shoes • BNP Paribas • Fortis • shareholder revolt • national anthem

Thain Accuses BofA of Lying About Bonuses

Fired Merill CEO tries to 'set the record straight' about $3.6B payout

Apr 27, 09 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his first lengthy interview since being pushed out as CEO of Merrill Lynch, John Thain tells the Wall Street Journal that Bank of America—which acquired Merrill in September—is lying about its involvement in the $3.6 billion in bonus payouts that made Thain the poster boy for... More »

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executive compensation • Bank of America • CEO • mergers and acquisitions • merger • Merrill Lynch • bonuses • John Thain • financial crisis • Ken Lewis

BofA CEO Says Feds Urged Silence on
Merrill Losses

Shareholders kept in the dark to ensure deal

Apr 23, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bank of America's CEO felt pressured by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury chief Henry Paulson to withhold details of last year's Merrill Lynch acquisition from shareholders, including mounting losses at Merrill that triggered a $20 billion bailout, the Wall Street Journal reports. BofA CEO Ken Lewis said in testimony... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Bank of America • Henry Paulson • mergers and acquisitions • Merrill Lynch • financial crisis • Ken Lewis

 Oracle Buys Sun Microsystems 


Apr 20, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy Sun Microsystems, swooping in after Sun’s talks with IBM fell apart. Oracle will pay $7.4 billion, or $9.50 a share for Sun, the Wall Street Journal reports, a 42% premium on Friday’s close. Though Sun has been losing money,... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • IBM • Sun Microsystems • Oracle • software • tech sector • Java • computer hardware

'I Made a Mistake' Buying Tribune Co.: Zell

Canny investor admits he backed a losing horse

Apr 15, 09 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sam Zell is famous for his business acumen. He made a near-psychic call to sell his office-property company for billions just months before the market tanked. But the magnate now tells Bloomberg another deal he made was as boneheaded, in retrospect, as the Equity Office Properties deal was prescient: buying... More »

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newspaper • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • mergers and acquisitions • business • acquisition • Equity Office Properties

(Newser) - The European wunderkinds who gave the world Skype have been approaching private equity firms in an attempt to buy their creation back from eBay, the New York Times reports. Niklas Zennstrom of Sweden and Janus Friis of Denmark sold the Internet phone service for $2.6 billion in 2005,... More »

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eBay • VoIP • mergers and acquisitions • Skype • telecommunications

OPINION

 All Those Years 
 We Were Racing 
 to Nowhere 
 

Investors Wasted 12 Years

Apr 9, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - For years, denizens of Wall Street have been living a frantic existence, sleeping, eating and otherwise living at the office, “because whatever it is that had to happen had to happen immediately, or yesterday,” writes Elizabeth Wurtzel in the Wall Street Journal. And what did this feverish... More »

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Wall Street • mergers and acquisitions • corporate culture • corporate law firms • law firm • financial crisis

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