Federated Talks Merger with May - WSJ
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  FD.N is in preliminary talks to buy rival May Department  Stores Co. MAY.N, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday.
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The United Steelworkers of America and  the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers  International Union (PACE) said they will ask their members to  approve a merger of the two organizations, which would form the  largest industrial labor union in North America.
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News Corp. is in talks with Yahoo about combining MySpace.com and other online properties it owns, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Sprint and Nextel Communications could announce a &#36;35 billion merger this week in a deal that would forge a third goliath in the quickly consolidating wireless industry.  The union would complete Sprint's transformation from perennial also-ran in the troubled long-distance business.
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The proposed merger could result in significant cost savings to Wall StreetÂs largest firms.
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Yahoo may team up with News Corp. to fend off&#160;Microsoft&#39;s bid to buy the struggling Web portal, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.The two companies are in talks about a deal in which News Corp. would take a stake of as much as 20 percent in Yahoo. MySpace and other Web properties of News Corp. would be combined with Yahoo, according to the report, which was attributed to &quot;people familiar with the matter.&quot;The deal would also involve a cash infusion by News Corp. and a private equity firm. Yahoo would remain independent.On Monday,&#160;Yahoo rejected Microsoft&#39;s $44.6 billion unsolicited buyout bid, saying it undervalued the company. Microsoft has vowed to take all necessary steps to close the deal.A Yahoo spokeswoman declined to comment on the report. News Corp. and Microsoft could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Dow Jones & Co. , in talks over a takeover by News Corp. , met with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar with the situation said.
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SpectraSite isn&#39;t in the room, but the Cary company could have much at stake in the merger talks between Nextel and Sprint. The two mobile-phone companies are discussing a
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CME Group, Inc. and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. said Monday they were conducting initial merger talks which could result in the Chicago-based exchange taking over the New York commodities bourse.
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Yahoo Inc is reportedly in talks with News Corp to combine their Web properties, but Wall Street analysts rained scorn on the likelihood of a deal that can fend off Microsoft Corp's $42.1 billion bid for Yahoo.
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Executives told The New York Times the two companies may be set to merge.
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Sprint - the US&#39;s third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a market value of around $70bn.
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Pan-European stock exchange operator  Euronext  said on Thursday it would ask shareholders  to approve its planned merger with NYSE Group , parent  company of the New York Stock Exchange, at an extraordinary  meeting on December 19.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat  to higher market open on Tuesday with Federated Department  Stores Inc. FD.N and May Department Stores Co. MAY.N in  focus following reports about merger talks between the two  retailers hitting a rough patch.
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A change at the top of May Department Stores Co., whether through a buyout by rival Federated or on its own, should help the struggling retailer right itself after about four years of stumbling with disappointing sales and profits.
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Merger talks between May Department Stores Co. and rival Federated Department Stores Inc. reportedly have ended after the two retailers could not agree on how much Federated would pay for May.
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The United Steelworkers of America and the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) said they will ask their members to approve a merger of the two organizations, which would form the largest industrial labor union in North America.