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Will The DOJ’s Holiday Greeting To The EC Bring Holiday Cheer?
Antitrust Today | December 29th 2009 by Antitrust Blog
The DOJ’s Antitrust Division has sent the European Commission a holiday greeting that appears designed to mollify the EC after a DOJ statement last month that the EC viewed as a lump of coal in its Christmas stocking. “The Department of Justice&# read more
BT warns of court fight over digital spectrum plans
CompareMobiles.com/ | December 28th 2009
• Pledge for fast universal broadband access in peril • Dispute over terms of sale of analogue TV spectrum The government’s plans to bring broadband within the reach of every home by 2012 have been put in jeopardy by BT. The telecom read more
Merger of a Company – an Introduction
Article Information | December 24th 2009 by Tridianto Subagio
 Mergers can be defined to mean unification of two players into a single entity. It is not defined under any . Under section 2(1B) of the income tax act, 1961  amalgamation is defined as mixing up or uniting together. It is a process read more
NY's Pinch Media Merges with Flurry
NY Convergence | December 23rd 2009
New York based Pinch Media, a mobile analytics company focused on ad optimization, has announced that it is merging with Flurry, a mobile e-commerce company. The companies will look to provide a variety of services to mobile developers. The merge read more
Live Nation/Ticketmaster Clears Another Hurdle
The Razor's Edge | December 22nd 2009 by Ockham Research
“Finally, the big surprise to me this day is what happened with I don’t know if you saw, the British authorities dropped their objections to the proposed Live Nation and Ticketmaster.” – CNBC’s The Call 12/22/2009 Today, a regulatory c read more
The Merger of Two Great Cities
Duets Blog : Creativity and the Law: DuetsBlog | December 22nd 2009 by DuetsBlog
An open call for change. Change where it counts, in brands. Don't read this if you have a closed mind and can't imagine a different future beyond tomorrow. You know who you are, this will make you cringe and we don't need that on our c read more
TreeHouse Foods Buys Sturm and Broadens Product Base
The Razor's Edge | December 21st 2009 by Ockham Research
The market is cheering the latest news out of private label food maker TreeHouse Foods (THS) as they announced the acquisition of Sturm Foods. The deal is valued at about $660 million gives TreeHouse strong representation in products like hot c read more
Connecticut AG Eyes UnitedHealthcare-Health Net Merger
Antitrust Today | December 21st 2009 by Antitrust Blog
While consideration of health care may be dominating the halls of Congress, state officials are reminding health insurers that the Feds don’t have a monopoly in regulation. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has announced that his offi read more
Black holes in star clusters stir up time and space
Zamp BioTopics | December 21st 2009 by Zamp
Within a decade scientists could be able to detect the merger of tens of pairs of black holes every year, according astronomers. By modeling the behavior of stars in clusters, the team finds that they are ideal environments for black holes to coalesc read more
Sanofi-Aventis Bets $1.9 Billion on Chattem
OTC Product News | December 20th 2009 by Donald Riker, Ph.D.
MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION KEY TO OTC ALLEGRA JUST HOW STRATEGIC IS IT? Sanofi's immediate need of marketing and distribution know-how in the US OTC business found a willing partner in Chattem. GiveRead More... read more
SAAB DRAMA: Spyker places last-minute bid for SAAB!
IEDEI Automotive Soul | December 20th 2009 by syed hoda
“Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) — Spyker Cars NV today said it has submitted a renewed offer for General Motors Co.’s Saab unit. “An 11-point proposal had been submitted to GM, addressing each of the issues that arose during the due diligence pr read more
Fiat building its MultiAir engine in the USA
Fiat500USA | December 18th 2009 by Chris
Fiat 500 1.4L MultiAir engineFiat has decided to produce the Fiat 500's MultiAir engine at the Chrysler Dundee, Michigan engine plant (GEMA). It beats out the Saltillo, Mexico engine plant that was also in the running to manufacture this engine. Sal read more
Oracle Makes New Post Tech-Bubble Highs
The Razor's Edge | December 18th 2009 by Ockham Research
“It’s all about tech today Oracle saying that business is picking up, up 5% and expects European Regulators to say go ahead and buy Sun Microsystems.” — CNBC’s Squawk on the Street 12/18/2009 Technology giant Oracle Cor read more
Sirius XM Radio Subscriber Attacks Merger, Claiming Prices Now Go…
Antitrust Today | December 17th 2009 by Antitrust Blog
A subscriber in Florida is suing Sirius XM Radio, challenging the 2008 merger of the two satellite radio services with allegations of deceptive and excessive pricing. The private suit claims that despite the commitments Sirius and XM made to the Depa read more
BPK finds nine violations in Bank Century finances
Bank Indo | December 17th 2009 by Rarzi
The State Audit Board (BPK) has found at least nine alleged violations in its investigative audit on Bank Century finances, BPK member Hasan Basri said. “With the findings of nine alleged violations, we have concluded that Bank Indonesia (BI/th read more
Dhunseri Tea fixes merger ratio of 1:10 with South Asian Petroche…
Stock Advice | December 15th 2009 by rajathe
Dhunseri Tea fixes merger ratio of 1:10 with South Asian Petrochem. Earlier, South Asian Petrochem had informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the company will be held on December 15, 2009, to consider a scheme of Arrangement compris read more
Exxon and XTO: Big Oil Just Got Bigger
The Razor's Edge | December 14th 2009 by Ockham Research
“Exxon-Mobil and XTO Energy. Exxon is buying XTO for $41 billion. A natural gas play and all stock deal, Exxon-Mobil the biggest percentage loser in the Dow, down 4%.” — Fox Business Network 12/14/2009 On Monday morning, Exxon Mobi read more
Stephen Burke '80 poised to oversee NBC Universal
Colgate University News | December 14th 2009 by Tim
The name of Stephen Burke, Class of 1980, continues to pop up in the national media as Comcast's purchase of NBC Universal continues to be dissected and analyzed. Burke is chief operating officer of Comcast, which is the United States' largest cable read more
A British Airways-Iberia merger: what does it change?
The Airline Blog | December 11th 2009
The fact that Iberia and British Airways are planning to merge isn't news by now. The deal's going to mean that the combined airlines become the third-largest airline group (behind Air France-KLM and Lufthansa), and there's the usual talk of synergie read more
Get Under The Table Kids: Comcast Buys NBC and Shakes The Foundat…
The Gadget 411 | December 11th 2009 by TheGadget411.com
One the world's largest cable service providers, Comcast, has bought NBC. You know, NBC! Aka the NATIONAL Broadcasting Company, aka the parent network of CNBC, Bravo and USA (among many others). With this merger, a big, drooling, fire-breathing, Chuc read more
Once again, rumours surface about T-Mobile and Sprint merger
GoMo News | December 11th 2009 by Bena Roberts
Financial services giant (and massive bailout recipient) Citigroup has breathed new life into a recurring rumour. The company has raised its share price rating for Sprint Nextel, and is claiming that there is a good possibility Sprint and German owne read more
Strides Arcolab announces Conclusion of Court Process for Merger
The First Reporter | December 11th 2009 by Mr Singh
Strides Arcolab Limited (Strides) announced receipt of Court Orders for the Transferor Companies from the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore and the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Madras sanctioning the Composite Scheme of read more
C-Evo chassis world preview
Fiat500USA | December 10th 2009 by Chris
Alfa Romeo has released pictures of their new Giulietta sedan. The Giulietta is the first Fiat Group Auto that uses the C-Evo chassis. C-Evo is the evolution of Fiat's compact chassis currently used in the Fiat Bravo. This chassis (or platform archit read more
Wells Fargo Modifies $15.7 Billion in Option Arms
Mortgage Information | December 10th 2009 by Rodney Parris
Wells Fargo has reportedly modified $15.7 billion in nasty pay-option arms through the first three quarters of the year, according to Bloomberg. The negative amortization loans, which were acquired via its merger with Wachovia, have carried a serious read more
UK business valuations rising again
Business Sale Report Blog | December 7th 2009 by businessdata
During the third quarter of 2009 the Private Company Price Index (PCPI), which gives an indication of the average multiple of after tax profits at which private firms are sold for, rose again – much to the delight of anyone looking to sell a bu read more
Comcast Buys NBC to Get USA, Bravo and SyFy
Outside The Beltway | OTB | December 3rd 2009 by James Joyner
I’m dubious of the Comcast-NBC merger, which NYT describes as a “Deal that Reshapes TV.” Almost immediately, the transaction reshapes the nation’s entertainment industry, giving a cable provider a huge portfolio of new content, ev read more
Comcast takes control of NBC, promises not to crush Hulu 'like a…
Life, Ain't It Simple! | December 3rd 2009
As expected, Comcast announced its buyout of NBC this morning, and we have a few details of interest to Engadget readers and fans of rom-coms alike. Essentially, Comcast now owns 51 percent of NBC-Universal to GE's 49 percent and will manage the ent read more
Merger of State Bank of Indore with State Bank of India (SBI)
Tax Guru | December 1st 2009 by Sandeep Kanoi
The Government has granted sanction to State Bank of India (SBI), under Section 35(1) of the State Bank of India Act, 1955, vide Department of Financial Services’ letter dated 08.10.2009 for proceeding with the negotiation with State Bank of Indore read more
Options Exchange Weighs IPO by May
Related News & Stories - MashGet | December 1st 2009
Wall Street JournalThe Chicago Board Options Exchange could launch by May an initial public offering valuing the company at an estimated $5 billion following the settlement of a long-running legal dispute, according to a person close to the discussio read more
Will You Download Live Nation Concerts on iTunes?
Live Fix | December 1st 2009 by Chris Catania
According to Mashable, last week Live Nation and iTunes beat EMI to the digital download punch and unveiled their new live concert recordings service “Live Nation Presents.” From a fan standpoint being able to download your favorite c read more
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