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Merger

The king of beer mergers: Will patriotic Americans stand by while a foreign brewery chugs down red-white-and-blue Budweiser? Or will they say, good riddance!; Andrew Leonard Jun 12, 2008
Ask the pilot: Who benefits when airlines merge? Who gets hit the hardest?; By Patrick Smith Feb 15, 2008
Why Microsoft's bid for Yahoo is an act of surrender: In the annals of Silicon Valley culture, this merger fight is a definite biggie. But everyone knows Steve Ballmer's real target is Google.; Andrew Leonard Feb 1, 2008
The Homeland Security merger mess: A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail.; By Farhad Manjoo Nov 21, 2002
Bungled election projections? Blame the feds!: Media misinformation is yet another example of failed antitrust regulation.; By Moshe Adler Dec 7, 2000
Adding up the funny numbers: Media Metrix's merger with Jupiter Communications creates an intimidating one-stop shop for Web analysis.; By Janelle Brown Jun 28, 2000
Bigger than both of us: Time Warner and AOL shareholders bless the marriage. But will Europe and the U.S. government throw rice?; By Sean Elder Jun 24, 2000
Parlez-vous Universal?: French media giant Vivendi takes over Universal Pictures. Cue the Jerry Lewis flicks?; By Gregg Kilday Jun 22, 2000
Fight the power: A group of consumer advocates and content providers is fighting the merger of AOL and Time Warner. These strange bedfellows won't kill the deal, but they could alter it for the better.; By Sean Elder Jun 14, 2000
The return of the dead-tree media: Analysts are comparing the merger of Times Mirror and the Tribune Company to AOL-Time Warner, but the combined company looks more like an industrial age holdout than a 21st century media giant.; By Sean Elder Mar 15, 2000
In vino veritas: What does Steve Case's choice of wine reveal about the AOL-Time Warner deal?; By Burt Wolf Jan 27, 2000
Does AOL Time Warner spell trouble for new-media companies?: Lots of Web companies count on visitors from AOL. Will they get as many when the online service owns its own content?; By Janelle Brown Jan 14, 2000
The geeks vs. the marketroids: The AOL-Time Warner deal sets the freewheeling Internet on a collision course with the masters of mass-market convenience.; By Scott Rosenberg Jan 14, 2000
The Net on AOL's Time Warner deal: Will the new colossus change the Internet for better or worse?; By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Lydia Lee Jan 11, 2000
AOL and Time Warner's marriage of insecurity: Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it's our turn to be afraid.; By Scott Rosenberg Jan 10, 2000
This week in travel: Wanderlust's selective guide to travel-related news from across the globe; By Susanna Stromberg Jan 22, 1999

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Merger

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