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10 Jun 2009 10:41

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Biz: Legal issues pushed aside, Chrysler and Fiat tie the knot

  • court Last night, the Supreme Court pushed the biggest obstacle out of the way for the merger of the century … well, until GM has to do something similar.
  • share This morning, Fiat officially owns 20% of Chrysler, a share that could go up to 35% if it goes well. The UAW owns the biggest share, however, at 55%.
  • thoughts Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne sounds upbeat about the sale: “This is a very significant day … for the global automotive industry as a whole,” he said. source
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06 Apr 2009 08:44

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Tech: Sun and IBM can’t get together for some reason

  • reaction Sun’s shares went down precipitously, -$6.44 in pre-market trading, this morning.
  • cause The planned sale with IBM went south after shareholders balked at the asking price. source
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03 Apr 2009 07:01

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Biz: IBM tries to steal some sunshine with a big aquisition

  • $7 billion to buy Sun and form a really big, bright and blue company source
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18 Mar 2009 10:31

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Biz, Tech: IBM wants to get some more Sun in their life

  • $7
    billion     size of the proposed merger of the two technology superpowers
  • 42% of servers would be run by the merged company (including 65% of Unix servers) source
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09 Mar 2009 10:34

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Biz: Drug companies Merck, Schering-Plough have a shotgun wedding

  • $49 billion to merge the two pharmaceuticals source
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10 Feb 2009 20:38

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Biz: How big is the proposed Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger?

  • $2.5 billion in market value (plus convenience charge) source
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26 Jan 2009 10:16

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Biz: Pfizer and Wyeth; two weird names, one massive drug company

  • $68 billion, the amount Pfizer is paying to buy Wyeth source
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