Q&amp;A : Merger changes little â for now
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Here are answers to some questions arising from the closing of Cingular Wireless&#39; acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless. Q: With the merger, how will the combined company rank in the industry?
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The planned merger of the nationâs two largest satellite radio services, XM and Sirius, raises questions about antitrust issues.
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Will EchoStar's management shuffle make any difference?
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But only if they're allowed to merge XM and Sirius are dangling a new carrot in front of the Federal Communications Commission in order to get the green light to merge. The satellite radio companies say they will offer a la carte packages of their lineups if the antitrust regulators look the other way.â¦
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Bill Wise of Media Post has put together a thoughtful review of Yahoo&#8217;s reorganization. I had heard a couple of people referring to the Yahoo Reorg as a negative for the Yahoo company and search industry.  I never really understood where they were coming from, nor could they back it up. Seems that there is [...]
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As merger fever hits new highs, which deals will work out?
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To all who have been fired or laid off: This is life. Get over it (''Hundreds laid off at Fleet offices,&quot; Aug. 19). Free markets allow for such things and when this merger happened, not a soul outside of the public relations people for the bank thought that this merger would take place without the loss of many positions. After ...
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These three companies have the urge to merge -- which deals will be the ones to work out?
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Whether federal regulators allow Sirius and XM to merge rests on how they view the radio marketplace: Does combining the nation's only two satellite radio companies create a monopoly, or does the growing presence of music on cellphones, computers, and iPods amount to competition?
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These 10 companies have the urge to merge, but which deals will end up working out?
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By Charles Babington, Washington Post Staff Writer  The nation's two satellite-radio companies promised yesterday to refrain from raising prices, for a time at least, if they are allowed to merge. But some lawmakers and consumer groups appeared dubious.
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Most expect that the recent mergers, including Verizon's acquisition of MCI, could prompt a fine-tuning of existing rules.
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It is common for a merger battle to involve a healthy dose of public posturing on issues such as price and logistics. But while such maneuvering typically plays out in the media, or during analyst forums, it&#39;s rare to see it happen in a courtroom.
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Will there ever be a merger of national telecoms such as Telia-Sonera again? Politics makes it difficult.
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Like many, I was pretty shocked by the recent Microsoft-EU deal to settle the long-running investigation into interoperability issues.  This was not so much because of the way Microsoft has used every kind of delaying tactic it could before eventually agreeing (for the nth time) to try harder in the future.  My real dismay was provoked by the gap between appearance and reality â a chasm that I think bodes ill for the future of open source. read more
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Five weeks into the new year, the merger juggernaut is at full tilt. The biggest deals weigh in at tens of billions of dollars and unite companies that are household names: Gillette and Procter &amp; Gamble . AT&amp;T and SBC Communications . Travelers Life &amp; Annuity and MetLife .
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As mergers surge, which deals will work out?