Aon to sell two units, boost buyback
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - Aon Corp , one of the world's largest insurance brokers, said on Monday it has agreed to sell two units for about $2.75 billion and will use the proceeds to buy back shares.
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A management resignation and light earnings provide a buying opportunity.
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Investors in Time Warner Inc. ,  whose shares touched a two-year low in mid-July, are seeking  signs of a turnaround on August 2, when the world's largest  media company is set to introduce its fourth plan in five years  to save its online unit AOL.
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The retailer increases sales and comps, but its stock price slips.
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Company to sell 32-inch and 37-inch sets.
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Fannie Mae FNM.N, the embattled U.S.  home financing company, on Wednesday said it agreed to sell $5  billion in preferred stock to institutional buyers as part of  an effort to comply with regulatory demands to increase  capital.
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Sallie Mae said on Wednesday that it plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory convertible securities to help pay off obligations linked to the student loan company's share buyback program.
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The company, battered by the subprime crisis, said it would sell a $5 billion stake to a Chinese investment.
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Time Warner Inc's  AOL said on  Tuesday 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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Sallie Mae said it sold $2 billion of common stock and $1 billion of convertible securities Thursday in a deal that would help pay off bad derivatives bets.
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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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Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it agreed to sell AOL France's Internet access business to Neuf Cegetel, a French telecommunications network operator, for about $365 million in cash.
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Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) rose after the market close on Thursday, after the chip maker said it plans to buy back $1 billion in stock and boost its quarterly dividend by more than 17 percent.
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The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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Sallie Mae said on Wednesday that it  plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory  convertible securities to help pay off obligations linked to  the student loan company's share buyback program.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest company by market value, said it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock and raise its dividend as Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt&#39;s growth strategy generates more cash and profit.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Commission gave the go-ahead for theÂ â¬675 million saleÂ ($887 million) of AOLâs German Internet service provider to Telecom Italia on Wednesday, after a month-long probe of the deal. "The Commission's examination of the proposed transaction showed that the horizontal overlaps between the activities of Telecom Italia and AOL in Germany (i.e. broadband and narrowband Internet access services) are limited and that the combined firm would continue to face a number of strong, effective competitors, notably the incumbent Deutsche Telekom," the Commission said in a statement. Time Warner has beenÂ retreating from AOL's Internet access businessÂ in Europe, where its subscriber numbers have been declining. In September it agreed to sell its French operation to Neuf Cegetel for â¬288 million, and has beenÂ in talks with suitors in the U.K., including satellite TV broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group. The company has about 5.9 million customers for its three European divisions, in the U.K., France and Germany. For Telecom Italia, the deal is part of a reorganization away from telephony towards broadband Internet access. Buying AOL Germany will help consolidate its broadband access service in Europe, the company said recently. The move would make the company the second largest Internet access provider in Germany with over 3 million subscribers, it said. Under the deal's terms, AOL will provide Telecom Italia with co-branded entertainment services to all of its residential customers for five years. AOL will also retain responsibility for all online advertising, also for five years.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.