Federated Talks Merger with May - WSJ
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Federated Department Stores Inc.  is in preliminary talks to buy rival May Department Stores Co. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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The exchanges said they are in preliminary talks on a merger that could create one of the biggest marketplaces for derivatives in the world.
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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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The British banking group Barclays has held talks with US rival Wells Fargo about a possible merger that would create the world's fourth largest bank.
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Wall Street was abuzz Friday over a potential merger between Sprint and Nextel, though the companies declined to comment on a slew of news reports that they are negotiating to combine to create a celluar provider that would almost rival Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless in size.
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British bank Barclays Plc  has held merger talks with U.S. bank Wells Fargo  that could create a financial giant worth about &#36;180 billion, Britain's Sunday Express newspaper reported.
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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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TOKYO  - Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it proposed to UFJ Holdings Inc. that the two banks merge on an equal basis in its latest attempt to woo UFJ away from a rival suitor.
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Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday it proposed to UFJ Holdings Inc. that the two banks merge on an equal basis in its latest attempt to woo UFJ away from a rival suitor.
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Dow Jones & Co., which has been in  talks for a takeover by News Corp., will meet with supermarket  magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, a source  familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Nextel Communications and Sprint are negotiating a possible merger, according to a source familiar with the discussions. It was not clear how far the talks had progressed, and
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc. and Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. are close to a pact that would protect the  journalistic independence of The Wall Street Journal if News  Corp. acquired the media company, according to newspaper  reports on Sunday.
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Members of the Bancroft family,  which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , met in Boston on  Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp (NWSa.N)  for the publisher of The Wall Street  Journal.
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Britain's Resolution and Friends Provident are in advanced merger talks to create a group worth almost 9 billion pounds, the two insurers said on Monday, rekindling hopes of consolidation across the sector.
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Sprint, the No. 3 US mobile- phone company, and Nextel Communications are in early talks about a possible merger, people familiar with the matter said.
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Nextel and Sprint are in talks that could lead to a merger between the two mobile phone operators, sources close to the discussions said on Thursday.
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Security, storage firms go to stockholders to plead the case for their proposed $13.5 billion merger.