American Airlines and US Airways plan merger
Jeremy Hobson Feb 7, 2013
American Airlines and US Airways could announce a merger as early as next week, according to the Wall Street Journal and several Dallas-area news outlets.
New $57 billion deal in planned global mining merger
Stephen Beard Sep 10, 2012
Trading giant Glencore has made a new bid for mining company Xstrata, thanks in part to some deal making by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Glencore, Xstrata to form commodities giant
Stacey Vanek Smith Feb 7, 2012
The merged trading and mining company would create a soup-to-nuts commodities giant that could impact prices of everything from, yes, soup to nuts.
NBC Universal changes its logo as Comcast takes the helm
Jaclyn Giovis Jan 28, 2011
Cable giant Comcast Corp. takes over NBC Universal today, or rather NBCUniversal - at least according to the new purple logo. The space, the...
Google tops most active acquirer list in 2010
Jaclyn Giovis Jan 5, 2011
Even after making a $6 billion bid, Google Inc. couldn't hook daily discounter Groupon Inc. into joining its empire last year. But the Intern...
United by name, Continental by logo
Melissa Kaplan May 3, 2010
To demonstrate the union of airlines United and Continental as a "merger of equals," the company planes will represent both carriers in a special...
Delta, Northwest shareholders voting today on joining together
Lori Stassi Sep 25, 2008
We could see the birth of the world's biggest airline, even though we are in the midst of this global financial crisis. The Associated Press is...
