United, Continental in early merger talks: sources
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc. are in preliminary talks about a merger that would create the largest airline in the world, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - United Airlines' parent UAL Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc. are in preliminary talks about a merger that would create the largest airline in the world, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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U.S. hedge fund Polygon and Swiss investment bank UBS  are preparing a takeover offer for English Premier league soccer club Newcastle United , a source familiar with the talks said.
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UAL Corp.'s  United Airlines  is in preliminary talks with Continental Airlines  about  a possible merger, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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United Airlines agreed Friday to hire a consulting firm to review its pending business plan, a step sought by two unions in exchange for dropping legal action against the carrier.
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The possibility of big mergers sweeping the United States airline industry is one of the oldest stories on Wall Street &#8212; and so far, it has largely been a piece of fiction. But some analysts seem to think that this could be the year it comes true. On Wednesday, UBS and Bear Stearns published separate reports [...].
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United Airlines could default on its bankruptcy financing agreement before the end of the year and is in talks with lenders about restructuring the deal, the company said on Thursday.
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Air France KLM , under pressure from Rome to commit to a merger with Alitalia, announced exploratory talks with the ailing carrier on Thursday but reaffirmed conditions for a deal.
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NEW YORK/DETROIT  - General Motors Corp.  is in preliminary talks to buy Chrysler, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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Antitrust regulators could prevent halt Delta's merger talkes with UAL and Northwest
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  FD.N is in early talks to buy rival May Department Stores Co.  MAY.N, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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United Airlines and Continental Airlines have been holding talks on a potential merger, people involved in the negotiations said.
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A merger between Delta Air Lines Inc  and Northwest Airlines Corp  could be announced in the next few weeks as Northwest pilots review details of a proposed deal, people briefed on the situation said on Monday.
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The British soccer club Manchester United said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover offer, which one person close to the talks said was from the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Malcolm Glazer.
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Both US Airways and United are negotiating concessions with unions to avoid liquidation.
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United Airlines is expected to ask a  bankruptcy judge to let it extract new concessions worth $725  million a year from employees as it seeks to reorganize, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
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NEW YORK/DETROIT  - General Motors Corp. is in preliminary talks to buy Chrysler, the struggling U.S. arm of DaimlerChrysler AG, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.