The course of mergers and acquisitions never did run smooth, however.
Some of its business and its brightest people will wind up at his company; and if he gets his way in court, he will also get its valuable pipeline system, Northern Natural Gas, for the $1.5 billion he poured into Enron in the course of the merger plans.
R+D FOR SALE Wired reports on what appears to be a growing trend in the tech world: The decision to buy new product ideas, instead of developing them internally, a strategy the magazine describes as "M&A-as-R+D," shorthand, of course, for mergers and acquisitions as research and development.
He said the division had already been evaluating its personnel needs, and hoped to accelerate that process in the course of completing the merger with Morgan.
Davis was an early Aoler, spending time there as a Senior Vice President of Strategic Development during the course of the Aol/Time Warner merger.
During the course of the Comcast/GE merger, I've had many good conversations with Steve Burke about my role at the new NBC Universal.
And, of course, without the merger, customers would have to subscribe separately to each service; $12.95 a month for Sirius and another $12.95 a month for XM.
Of course, with the merger pending, and Mr. Turner's displeasure now out in the open, it is in the interest of top AOL and Time Warner executives to avoid controversy and keep Mr. Turner's spirits up.
Of course, merger objection cases are not the only cause of the recent increase in volume.
Of course, whichever merger happens or doesn't–and with three chains or two they all face ever-more-potent competition from online movie-ordering services.
Helping feed the stock surge, of course, is the current bout of merger mania.
