He led Singapore's six-year transition from British colonial outpost, through self-administration, merger with and then separation from Malaysia, to independent statehood, and Singapore declaration as a republic, in 1965.
It should propose to Congress and the Obama administration a merger of the separate broadcasting entities into one corporation under the board's supervision, similar to the BBC World Service.
With a looser approach expected under the Bush administration, more mergers are likely.The bid raises a further, intriguing question: could this be just the start of Comcast's quest to turn itself into a diversified media empire to rival the likes of AOL Time Warner?
In the early 1980's, the Reagan administration allowed the merger of LTV and Republic Steel, the nation's third- and fourth-largest steel companies, because of that industry's distress.
Powell then became the first FCC chairman working under a Republican administration to reject a merger since 1969.
Even before they are asked for a pound of flesh in exchange for the Feds' blessing, Comcast and NBCU will have to overcome the pressure on the Obama administration to make this merger a litmus test for antitrust activism going forward.
AT&T is also lobbying the Trump administration to approve a merger deal with Time Warner, and the company therefore has obvious reasons to attempt to get on the president's good side by publicly praising him and giving him a talking point.
The two administrations are undergoing a merger.
The lawsuit reflected a tougher stance by the Obama administration toward industry-changing mergers.
This merger-happy administration, weak on antitrust, is tempted to grow fat.
17, 2007 MERGERS "It's bad for competition when you have an administration that's willing to approve merger after merger with barely any scrutiny".
