Locals will feel effects of merger
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Some area wireless customers may soon experience clearer service farther away from town, as well as new equipment options, now that a landmark merger has been completed.
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Last week, AT&T, better known as Ma Bell, agreed to be eaten by one of its progeny, the Baby Bell named SBC. The Oedipal irony is more than just another story about mergers and acquisitions. It is an epic saga -- some might say a tragedy -- about Washington and its fickle relations with the world of commerce.
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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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By Alison Trinidad, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec.
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The $35 billion merger of Sprint and Nextel announced Wednesday may make consumers jittery about rising prices in a consolidating industry, but experts say the remaining players will still wage a tough fight for every customer.
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Yesterday&#39;s deal between Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. likely will mean more choices for consumers but fewer for area employees.
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In San Diego, displaced employees might affect production at some of the companies you own.
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After one of the most bitter takeovers in corporate history, the challenge is to stitch the two companies together.
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By Deborah S. Morris, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 8--In the end, the community came together to preserve its past with an eye toward the future.
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A new round of merger talks in the airline industry is causing concern about rising fares and reduced air service to smaller destinations.
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TRAVERSE CITY - Word of the merger between retail giants Sears and Kmart struck some local shoppers like an out-of-the-blue-light special - while others found it as exciting as a 25-cent rebate.
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WASHINGTON -- The announcement last week of Procter &amp; Gamble's agreement to take over Gillette provoked a rush of disappointment in Boston over the loss of another emblem of local identity. But it also highlighted one of the most intriguing paradoxes of recent decades: At a time when ''signature" companies in almost every part of the country are merging into ...
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The Altria conglomerate&#39;s possible breakup raises questions for workers in the Kraft foods and information technology divisions in Hanover Township.
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Executives told The New York Times the two companies may be set to merge.
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Country's largest utility to be created in a merger with Public Service Enterprise Group.
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PORTLAND, Maine  - Mergers and acquisitions have  played an enormous role in the U.S. economy during the past  several decades, but sometimes the results have been bad for  consumers.  Similarly, consolidation in the mutual fund  business has sometimes hurt fund investors.
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The fate of two local retail stores may not be known for months in the wake of the announcement Wednesday of the $11 billion merger of Kmart and Sears.