Air America to Be Acquired by New York Investor
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Stephen L. Green has been providing interim financing to help the liberal network, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October, meet current costs.
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A General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ) subsidiary announced it would acquire the transportation financing unit of Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) in a cash deal worth approximately $4.4 billion.
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AMR Corp.  , parent company of American Airlines, might be a buyout target of a group including Goldman Sachs  and British Airways , according to the February 26 edition of BusinessWeek magazine.
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MetLife Inc. MET.N on Monday agreed  to acquire Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc. C.N  for $11.5 billion, bolstering its product reach while sounding  Citigroup's retreat from the one-stop financial supermarket  concept.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas agreed to a boosted 11.1-billion-dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid from an international private equity consortium.
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Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's top airline, is expected to announce a takeover offer of around A$10.9 billion (US$8.55 billion) from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  this week, possibly as early as Wednesday, sources said.
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The New York Stock Exchange said Thursday it agreed to acquire its smaller rival, American Stock Exchange, for $260 million in stock
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NYSE Euronext  said on Thursday  it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for  $260 million in stock to boost its business in options,  exchange traded funds and cash products.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., which lost in its battle to cross the Atlantic with a failed takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, is expected to announce Friday it is acquiring Swedish exchange operator OMX AB in a deal worth up to $3 billion, according to a person close to the deal.
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Transatlantic exchange NYSE Euronext  said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for $260 million in stock to boost its options business, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and cash products.
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American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, is pinning its hopes for growth in the New York market to a $1.3 billion terminal, unveiled on Wednesday, that could net 50 percent more passengers at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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AOL said it has purchased buy.at, an online affiliate marketing network, as part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations.
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Federated Investors (FII:NYSE - commentary - research) agreed to acquire the cash management business of Alliance Capital (AC:NYSE - commentary - research) for upwards of $100 million in cash.
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If the airline acquires some ATA assets, Wichita Mid-Continent could see expanded AirTran service, especially to Chicago. BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR.
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Morgan Stanley&#39;s  real estate unit  agreed to buy Australia&#39;s Investa Properties Ltd.  for  A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation&#39;s  third-largest property trust takeover.
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Eleven private investors, including a rival carrier, a private equity fund in the United States and an Italian industrialist are interested in buying the struggling Italian airline Alitalia, the economy ministry said. AP Holding, led by the chairman of Air One, Carlo Toto; the Texas Pacific Group; and the private equity fund Management and Capitali, which is operated by Carlo De Benedetti, are among those having expressed interest in Alitalia, the ministry said. The Italian government holds 49.9 percent of the airline and is seeking to sell at least 30.1 percent. The ministry said that others interested in Alitalia included a private equity fund, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers; an Italian banking group, UniCredit; and an Italian investor, Paolo Alazraki.
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Australia's Qantas Airways agreed on Thursday to a sweetened $8.7 billion buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd. and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group in the world's biggest airline takeover.