Managing effective mergers of culture, knowledge and people is a crucial consideration.
After helping to orchestrate the Chevron-Texaco merger (despite full knowledge of its massive liability in Ecuador), Watson has led the company down the path to its current status as an international pariah.
"Even if I knew, I could not have passed on any information because I have no knowledge about mergers or hedge funds, anything like that, in the first place," Choi told the court.
United Airlines told US Airways on Thursday that it had decided not to continue talks on a possible merger, people with direct knowledge of the situation said.
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company has been quietly shopping what remains of its Miramax film unit and has attracted seven to 10 interested bidders, according to a mergers and acquisitions expert with knowledge of the process.
DETROIT — A possible merger of General Motors and Chrysler increasingly appears to hinge on federal aid, according to people with knowledge of the merger talks.
Though it admits to buying the Brooke Bond shares, Hindustan Lever claims to have had no knowledge of the merger terms.
G.M. and Chrysler are determined to merge to cut costs and ensure their long-term survival, according to people with knowledge of the merger discussions.
DealBook » AT&T Has Option to Cut T-Mobile Offer | Should the concessions AT&T is being asked to make by regulators become too expensive, the wireless operator can lower its $39 billion offer for T-Mobile USA, Bloombereports reports, citing people with knowledge of the merger contract.
Two of the largest advertising companies in the world, the Omnicom Group and the Publicis Groupe, are expected to announce their merger on Sunday, people with knowledge of the talks said, a move that would create a new industry leader positioned to better capture profits from digital media and emerging markets.
Our analysis focuses on the effects of these knowledge spillovers on merger activities between firms.
