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Australian beer brewer Fosters rejects takeover offer
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
The beer brewer turns down another offer from the maker of Coors and Miller Light, claiming the price was too low.
Stumbling stock markets no obstacle for AT&T deal
John Dimsdale Sep 22, 2011
The market decline is making some mergers more attractive. But both AT&T and T-Mobile already have such big incentives to strike a deal that fluctuating markets should have little effect on them.
After volatile week, corporate mergers resume
Heidi N. Moore Sep 22, 2011
Stock markets shift from "Manic Monday" to "Merger Monday" as companies swoop in on rivals to expand. Is this a sign of economic optimism?
Kraft Foods slices itself into two companies
Heidi N. Moore Sep 22, 2011
Kraft will split into separate snack and food companies. It's the latest conglomerate to decide that bigger isn't necessarily better
AT&T presses its case for merger
David Gura Sep 22, 2011
The giant phone company delivers more data to the Federal Communications Commission to support its argument that a merger with T-Mobile will improve service and even cut costs for consumers.
Sprint may be ending the unlimited data party
John Moe Jul 20, 2011
Dan Hesse, the CEO of Sprint (the George Harrison of wireless carriers) says he doesn't know how much longer Sprint can afford to offer unlimited...
Murdoch's hacking scandal spreads to U.S.
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
News Corp.'s takeover of British Sky Broadcasting is looking less and less likely as the News of the World's cell phone hacking scandal deepens. And now U.S. lawmakers want to look into Murdoch properties in America.
Media tycoon's bid for U.K. broadcaster delayed
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
Britain's government has referred Rupert Murdoch's bid to take full ownership of British broadcasting company BSkyB to its competition watchdog.
RIP: Verizon's unlimited data package
John Moe Jul 6, 2011
If you want to get on Verizon, make sure you do it today or tomorrow. After tomorrow, Verizon will officially moved to tiered data plans. You'll b...
Rare earth minerals to be not so rare?
John Moe Jul 5, 2011
Japanese scientists say they have discovered a huge cache of rare earth minerals on the ocean floor near Hawaii. And they say the minerals will be...
