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Deals: They've Come Undone With buying activity sharply down, merger breakups made the biggest headlines last year.   |
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December 1, 2011
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Mergers under a Microscope? A busy year for the Department of Justice, yes, but it probably does not signal a trend. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Avital Louria Hahn |
A World of Antitrust Complexity rules in M&A overseas, although there's hope for reform in hot spots like China and India. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2006
Roy Mark |
DoJ Approves AT&T-BellSouth Merger The AT&T-BellSouth proposed merger cleared its first regulatory hurdle today with a resounding thumbs up from the Department of Justice, which unconditionally approved the $67 billion deal. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Monopolies and the Law Antitrust laws protect consumers against collusion. For investors, antitrust laws represent a barrier to what may otherwise be a lucrative merger or acquisition. |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Capitol Blending Democratic control of Congress probably won't roil the M&A waters -- much. |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Bliss & Forden |
Two Antitrust Watchdogs Go at It A turf battle between the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Dept. is intensifying, creating uncertainty for business. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2010
Mary Schlangenstein et al. |
United and Continental Reach for the Sky By forming the world's largest airline, the carriers make a big bet on scale. |
InternetNews
October 27, 2005
Roy Mark |
Bell Mergers Sealed on DoJ Approval The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday afternoon approved the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI mergers, requiring only that Verizon and SBC divest portions of certain local fiber-optic network facilities. |
InternetNews
October 25, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
DoJ: Cingular Free to Buy AT&T Wireless The Department of Justice today announced that it would approve Cingular's $41 billion dollar acquisition of AT&T Wireless, provided the mobile carrier sells assets, such as spectrum and customer contracts, in 11 states. |
InternetNews
March 26, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Mom, Apple Pie and Microsoft Redmond's appeal of the EU judgment could hinge on nationalistic arguments -- and pressure from the White House. |
Salon.com
May 25, 2000
Chris Colin |
Airline Merger United Airlines announced plans Wednesday morning to buy troubled US Airways for $4.3 billion, a deal that, if approved, would become the largest acquisition in airline history.... |
InternetNews
January 6, 2010 |
DoJ to Probe Comcast/NBC Deal Antitrust review to explore anticompetitive concerns, settles jurisdictional question. |
U.S. Banker
May 2009
Rich & Scriven |
DoJ Fast-Track Options Speed Banking Antitrust Reviews It would be unfortunate over the long run if, even in this environment, the Antitrust Division were forced to stand by while bank mergers threaten competition. |
InternetNews
April 14, 2008 |
Higher Antitrust Bar For Yahoo-Google As Yahoo examines its options, experts examine the role of regulators. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2001
Andrew Leonard & the Salon Technology staff |
Slap on the wrist? Is the Justice Department's decision not to pursue a breakup of Microsoft a big wet kiss from Bush, or just smart strategy? The experts weigh in... |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Roy Harris |
Close to Divest Many companies are poised to shed failed acquisitions, but few want to talk about it. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
DoJ Intensifies Google-Yahoo Scrutiny As the DOJ appears to be intensifying its antitrust review of Google's advertising deal with rival Yahoo, analysts wonder if the companies might find themselves defending the partnership in court. |
Wired
July 20, 2009
Fred Vogelstein |
Why Is Obama's Top Antitrust Cop Gunning for Google? President Obama appointed Christine Varney head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, making her the government's most powerful antimonopoly prosecutor. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009
Spencer E. Ante |
The Antitrust Cop and the Tech Industry Christine Varney aims to reinvigorate antitrust policy without stifling U.S. business, but Google and Intel could be among her targets |
InternetNews
October 31, 2008
Judy Mottl |
Verizon Wireless-Alltel Merger Moves Forward Verizon's grab for market dominance comes with the DoJ's largest-ever divestiture requirement before it signs off. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Why Is Sprint Smiling? The U.S. Government suit to block AT&T's merger is just fine with Sprint and Verizon. |
InternetNews
June 11, 2007
Stuart J. Johnston |
Google: Vista Desktop Search Unfair Microsoft's desktop search in Vista blocks use of Google's competitor in violation of antitrust settlement, search giant alleges. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Trust vs. Antitrust Can investors trust the antitrust regulators to proceed with prudence? |
InternetNews
September 16, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal Faces Scrutiny in Europe Despite limiting their ad partnership to North American markets, Google and Yahoo are being investigated by European regulators. |
InternetNews
May 24, 2005
Roy Mark |
Reuters Restructures Telerate Deal The Department of Justice announced that Reuters will restructure its deal to acquire Moneyline Telerate to satisfy the DoJ's and the European Commission's antitrust concerns over the deal. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Microsoft Settlement: A Remedy That Pleases Almost No One: Critics of the settlement acknowledge that there are no easy solutions to the Microsoft dilemma... |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
DoJ Won't Appeal Oracle's Takeover Plans Oracle advanced its plans to acquire PeopleSoft Friday after the U.S. Department of Justice said it would not appeal a ruling on an antitrust case that tried to block the merger. |
InternetNews
August 31, 2006
Roy Mark |
DoJ, Microsoft Sign Up For Two More Years The Department of Justice and Microsoft put the final legal touches Wednesday on their May agreement to extend by two years the communications protocol licensing program portion of Microsoft's antitrust agreement with the government. |
CFO
January 1, 2008
Avital Louria Hahn |
Lessons from Adversity The split personality of 2007 dealmaking, with its dramatic highs and lows, could teach a few things about M&A in the year ahead. |
InternetNews
November 9, 2009 |
European Regulators Object to Oracle-Sun Merger The European Commission made the rumors official on Monday by issuing its official objections to Sun Microsystems' acquisition by Oracle - setting the stage for a transatlantic fight between Oracle and European regulators. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2009
Sarah Houlton |
Branded drugs' competition-free days numbered Authorities in the US and Europe are to look carefully at the tactics pharmaceutical firms use to delay competition from generic versions of their branded drugs. |
InternetNews
August 20, 2009 |
Oracle-Sun Marriage Gets DoJ's Blessing Oracle's $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems got the sign-off it needed from federal antitrust regulators today, removing a key hurdle for the two companies' merger. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Senate Antitrust Chairman Condemns AT&T Merger Politicians are starting to grumble about the AT&T -- T-Mobile merger. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2011
Anders Bylund |
FCC and DOJ Double-Team to Take Down AT&T-Mobile The feds are killing this blockbuster merger. Good move too, unless you're an AT&T shareholder. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Fighting for Hearts, Minds in Google-Yahoo Deal Things are finally getting serious in the industry-wide debate over the Yahoo-Google deal. |
PC World
November 1, 2002
Garretson & Ferranti |
Antitrust Decision: A Long Time in the Making Relive some of the key moments in the long battle between Microsoft and the Department of Justice. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2004
Clint Boulton |
DoJ to Block Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate says the purchase would remove favorable competition in the market and decrease choice for customers. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2004
Clint Boulton |
DOJ Staff Pans Oracle/PeopleSoft Takeover The DOJ issues a preliminary decision against Oracle's $9.4 billion takeover for the rival software company; analysts question whether Oracle can stem the tide. |
CFO
Roy Harris |
Calling for Backup You may have to keep quiet about them, but contingency plans are vital to any M&A strategy... |
InternetNews
June 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
Microsoft Prevails in Antitrust Appeal The U.S. Court of Appeals denies Massachusetts' challenge to the Department of Justice's landmark antitrust settlement with Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Did the DOJ Just Kill AT&T-Mobile? Shares of telecom giant AT&T are down more than 5% as the DOJ aimed its weapons against its ongoing merger with T-Mobile USA. |
InternetNews
July 6, 2007
David Needle |
Microsoft's aQuantive Buy Moving Forward Microsoft's $6 billion purchase of online ad company aQuantive is moving closer to completion, having just cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle. |
InternetNews
November 6, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Where's Yahoo Left After Google Breakup? With Yahoo's planned advertising partnership with Google now in tatters, industry observers are left wondering what happened - and what's next for the embattled Web pioneer. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2006
Roy Mark |
DoJ, Microsoft Extend Antitrust Deal The Department of Justice and Microsoft have agreed to a two-year extension of the communications protocol licensing program portion of Microsoft's final antitrust settlement with the government. |
InternetNews
February 27, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Court Clash Looms for DOJ, Oracle Experts discuss what's next for the Department of Justice and Oracle and question the DOJ's definition of the applications arena. |
CFO
April 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
Playing Favorites Why Alan Greenspan's Fed lets banks off easy on corporate fraud. |
InternetNews
June 6, 2008
Judy Mottl |
Alltel-Verizon Merger Not a Win-Win for All While the vendors and their customers benefit, it could be a negative force for the industry and future wireless innovation. |
InternetNews
October 22, 2004
Michael Singer |
EU to Decide Oracle/PeopleSoft Next Week Regulators put the probe on the fast track, while Oracle extends its offer yet again. |
U.S. Banker
June 2003
Mark Bruno |
FDC-Concord: Done Deal? The duo would control 70 percent of PIN-based debit |
