Nationwide to merge with Portman
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Nationwide, Britain's biggest mutually-owned bank, is to merge with smaller rival Portman, to create a new financial services group with more than 150 billion pounds (221 billion euros, 281 billion dollars) in assets.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Holding  Corp. on Wednesday said they would merge in an $11 billion deal  to form the third-largest U.S. retailer.
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Carlsberg  and Heineken  on Friday agreed a joint cash bid of 800 pence a share for Scottish and Newcastle (S&N)  that will split up the British brewer of Foster's and Kronenbourg.
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Novell is consolidating operations in an effort to remove overlap between its four business units. The Waltham, Mass.-based software vendor is folding its Nterprise and SuSE Linux operations into a single
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Ispat International (ISPA.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) (IST.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will merge with LNM Holdings and Ohio-based International Steel Group Inc.
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By Steve Pain Technology Editor  NTL:Telewest Business - part of the new Virgin Media Group - has marked the first anniversary of its merger with the unveiling of an integrated network capable of providing services to any UK business.
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The Nationwide, the UK's largest building society, becomes even bigger by completing its takeover of rival the Portman.
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WASHINGTON - Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. reached a tentative agreement to merge, a deal that would create the nationâs third-largest cellular company.
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The United Steelworkers of America and  the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers  International Union (PACE) on Tuesday said they would merge,  creating the largest industrial labor union in North America.
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The agreed merger between two of the UK&#39;s biggest commercial radio groups, Capital Radio and GWR, signals an era of change in the radio industry.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corp. have agreed to merge to create what would be the third-largest US retailer, with $55 billion in annual revenue.
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Norway's Norsk Hydro and Statoil have agreed to merge the two groups' oil and gas activities to create a national champion, the companies said on Monday.Comment
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Cantor Fitzgerald LP plans to merge its eSpeed Inc.  affiliate and BGC Partners unit in a $1.3 billion transaction, combining a bond brokerage that processes trades electronically with one that does business over the phone.
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Royal Dutch/Shell says the two holding companies that own the group are to merge, after reporting bumper third-quarter profits on the back of high oil prices.
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Privately-owned Dutch steelmaker LNM Group said Monday it plans to merge its two main divisions, Ispat International NV and LNM Holdings NV, and then take over U.S.-based International Steel Group Inc.
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RealNetworks Inc. is merging its RealPlayer and Music Services business units into a single group so that the teams can collaborate on developing new products and services, the company announced Thursday.
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Sprint and Nextel agree to merge in a deal which will create the third largest mobile phone operator in the US.