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Glencore, Xstrata to form commodities giant

Tuesday, February 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.
Posted In: merger, Mergers and Acquisitions, Xstrata, Glencore

NBC Universal changes its logo as Comcast takes the helm

Friday, January 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...
Posted In: Comcast, logo, merger, NBC Universal, picture this

Google tops most active acquirer list in 2010

Wednesday, January 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...
Posted In: acquisition, Facebook, Google, groupon, merger, venture capital
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United by name, Continental by logo

Monday, 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...
Posted In: Airlines, continental, merger, united

Delta, Northwest shareholders voting today on joining together

Thursday, September 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...
Posted In: air lines, Delta, merger, Northwest

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California Gov. Brown talks taxes, cuts and economic fairness

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Times-Picayune to cut back jobs and production schedule

As someone born and breaded in New Orleans I'm sorry to see this news from my hometown paper, but as someone who's found reading it an...

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High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?

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First I'd like to thank everyone for listening to what I had to say, it's really an honor to have been on marketplace. Second...

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Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy

If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...