Resolution, Friends Provident confirm merger talks
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Britain's Resolution  and Friends Provident  have confirmed they are in advanced merger talks to create a group worth almost 9 billion pounds, rekindling hopes of consolidation across the insurance sector.
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EU antitrust regulators gave the green light Monday to a merger of Britain&#39;s Automobile Association with travel and insurance firm Saga after determining that the deal would not stifle competition.
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The UK's two biggest co-operatives agree terms of a merger that would form the world's largest such group.
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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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Postal union leaders agree to a deal aimed at solving a bitter dispute over pay and conditions.
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Insurer Standard Life has agreed to buy  rival Resolution for 4.9 billion pounds ($10.1 billion),  topping a competing offer and breaking up Resolution's planned  merger with Friends Provident.
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WASHINGTON  - Sprint and Nextel reached tentative agreement on a merger of the two wireless telecom groups in a deal worth an estimated 34.8 billion dollars, reports said.
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Employers and unions have reached an agreement, resolving the long-running dispute over firefighters' pay.
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The Home Depot has reached agreement with a shareholder group that had threatened a proxy fight over the companyâs strategy.
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By James Kanter  Shareholders have approved the merger between the telecommunications equipment makers Alcatel and Lucent, but only after Alcatel shareholders voiced strong doubts about the leadership and financial health of their new American partner.
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.   said on Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Chicago  Board Options Exchange to resolve a dispute over exercise  rights between the CBOE and CBOT Holdings  in the event  of a merger between the ICE and CBOT.
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Ceridian Corp  said Saturday it has resolved a proxy battle with its largest shareholder, clearing the way for the payroll processing company to be acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP  and Fidelity National Financial Inc  for about $5.2 billion.
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British insurer Resolution PLC recommended shareholders accept a $10 billion offer from rival Standard Life on Friday and backed away from its proposed takeover of Friends Provident.
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The longtime partners are expected to announce a new deal that looks likely to cover business services.
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Sprint (nyse: FON - news - people ) and Nextel Communications (nasdaq: NXTL - news - people ) said this morning that their boards have unanimously approved a &quot;merger of equals.
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British insurer Resolution  hit six-year highs in a weaker market on Monday, lifted by hopes of a 5 billion pound ($10.2 billion) bid from rival Standard Life , backed by giant Swiss Re .
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Postal union leaders agree a deal aimed at solving a bitter dispute over pay and conditions.