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Pep Boys ends proposed $1-billion merger with Gores Group
Auto parts chain Pep Boys said it agreed to terminate its proposed $1 billion merger with Gores Group. As settlement "for any and all potential claims that Pep Boys could assert under the terms of the merger agreement," Gores Group has agreed to pay...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Dialysis chain DaVita acquires HealthCare Partners
Reflecting the growing consolidation wave sparked by healthcare reform, kidney dialysis giant DaVita Inc. has agreed to acquire Torrance-based HealthCare Partners, the largest operator of medical groups in the U.S., for $4.42 billion in cash and stock....
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Hospitals and Clinics, Dialysis, Insurance, General Practitioners
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Wanda Group of China buys AMC Entertainment
The owner of China’s largest movie theater circuit took a big leap forward into the U.S. market, acquiring AMC Entertainment Inc., the nation’s second-largest theater chain, the latest in a flurry of high-profile deal-making between the...
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Pep Boys deal appears to be sputtering
A Los Angeles private equity firm might be reconsidering its $1.1-billion buyout of Pep Boys. The Gores Group asked the automotive repair chain to delay a May 30 shareholder meeting where investors were to be asked to approve the $15-a-share deal,...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations, Manufacturing and Engineering, Leveraged Buyouts, Petroleum Industry
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Mattel profit falls 53%, sales slip 2%
Toy giant Mattel Inc.reported a 53% decline in profit in the first quarter, sending its stock down more than 9%, after higher production costs, slower sales of Barbie and Hot Wheels and a recent acquisition affected its bottom line. For the three...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Spring Training, Toy Industry, Services and Shopping, Consumers
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CEOs of Oracle, Google square off in court over Java
SAN FRANCISCO — It's being called the World Series of intellectual property trials.
Oracle Corp. has accused Google Inc.'s top executives of swiping a crucial bit of technology to build its Android software that now powers more than 300 million...Tags: Cook County, University of California, Berkeley, Companies and Corporations, Larry Page, Egypt
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Verizon to sell prime airwaves if it lands cable spectrum
This post has been corrected. See the note below for detailsWASHINGTON -- Verizon Wireless said it would sell billions of dollars worth of prime airwaves if regulators approve its planned purchases of new chunks of spectrum that come mainly from large cable companies. Verizon paid about $4.4 billion in 2008 in...Tags: Auction Service, Companies and Corporations, Bright House Networks, Justice System, Time Warner Inc.
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Verizon Wireless plans to sell coveted airwaves
WASHINGTON — Verizon Wireless plans to sell billions of dollars' worth of prime airwaves if regulators approve its planned purchases of new chunks of spectrum primarily from large cable companies. Verizon, which paid about $4.4 billion in 2008 in a...
Tags: Auction Service, Companies and Corporations, Bright House Networks, Comcast Corp., Justice System
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Two labor unions back EMI sale to Universal Music
Company TownSAG-AFTRA, the merged entity of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Federation of Musicians come out in favor of Universal's pending merger with EMI's recorded music business.... -
European Union antitrust regulators approve Sony-EMI deal
The European Union's antitrust regulators have approved Sony Corp.'s $2.2-billion acquisition of EMI's publishing business, clearing a major hurdle in Sony's ambition to create the world's largest music publishing group with rights to about 2 million...Tags: Sony Corp., Companies and Corporations, Walt Disney, John Lennon, Antitrust Issues
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US Airways, American Airlines unions pushing hard for merger
US Airways Group Inc., with new backing by three unions representing nearly 55,000 American Airlines employees, is angling for a merger between the two airline companies, according to statements made Friday. Combining with bankrupt American Airlines...
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European Union approves Sony EMI merger
Company TownThe European Union's antitrust regulators on Thursday approved Sony Corp.'s pending $2.2-billion acquisition of EMI's publishing business, according to officials familiar with the process....
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