Mergers

Sirius-XM Merger Raises Consumer Concern
Many satellite consumers are worried about the affect the Sirius-XM merger will have on their broadcast services.

Suez and Gdf Agree Roles in €72bn Merger
The French energy companies Suez and Gaz de France cleared one of the last significant hurdles to their €72bn (£48bn) merger yesterday after ending months of disagreement about executive roles.

French Premier Seals Merger to See Off Italians
· Suez and Gaz de France in €70bn deal · Agreement comes after unions lift veto.

Mergers And Acquisitions, What Are They?
Information on mergers and acquisitions. Including advice, help and links to other advice sites.

Intercultural Synergy in Mergers & Acquisitions
International mergers and acquisitions are increasing yet the success rates seem to point to a fundamental flaw. The lack of intercultural synergy is now being viewed as one of the reasons for such poor success.

EU Moves to Bar 'protective' Mergers
Competition commissioner puts interests of consumers first as planned Portuguese energy takeover is thrown out.

South African Gold Groups Poised for Merger
Russian oligarch said to be driving force behind complex negotiations to create a leading global producer.

CIA Bribery Claim Hits Bp's Russian Merger
BP faces fresh embarrassment over its new Russian merger partner, TNK, following the release of CIA documents alleging bribery by former TNK president Simon Kukes. The disclosure is also a blow for Russia's largest oil company, Yukos, at which Mr Kukes was recently installed as chief...

Abramovich Tries to Revive Yukos Merger
Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon owner of Chelsea football club, was yesterday in talks with important shareholders in Yukos, the Russian oil concern, as an attempt was made to put a merger with his Sibneft oil group back on track. The agreement to create a £20bn hydrocarbon...

Air France and Klm Plan Merger
KLM-Air France tie-up could lead to consolidation, but regulators will have their say. Air France and Dutch carrier KLM are planning a €784m (£544m) merger that would create Europe's biggest airline and could kickstart industry consolidation within the European Union.

Vivendi Universal on target for merger and first full-year profit
Vivendi Universal hopes to seal the $40bn (£24bn) merger of its entertainment assets with US TV network NBC within the next few weeks, it said yesterday as it reported reduced half-year losses.

EMI off key in big players' merger talks
EMI could find itself left out in the cold after renewed talks emerged yesterday between AOL Time Warner and Bertelsmann aimed at combining the media groups' recorded music businesses.

Bristol and Bath Hold Merger Talks
May 2: Rivals Bath and Bristol admitted last night that they are holding merger talks and that a deal between the two is expected to be announced early next week.

Boeing raises BAE merger stakes
Phil Condit, Boeing's chief executive, has raised the prospect of a transatlantic merger with BAE Systems, boosting the troubled British defence contractor's shares yesterday.

EMI and AOL Time Warner merger back on the table
Perennial bid target EMI was back in the spotlight yesterday with US reports suggesting the company has revived merger talks with the music division of AOL Time Warner.

London-Frankfurt merger talk is back
Speculation that the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse will resurrect their merger plans - creating a dominant stock market across Europe - gripped the markets yesterday.

Corus abandons its £3bn merger plan
The Anglo-Dutch steelmaker, Corus, today abandoned plans for a £3bn merger with the Brazilian steel firm CSN, blaming global uncertainty.

Abbey shares rise after merger proposal
Shares in struggling mortgage bank Abbey National today rose after it had been approached by Bank of Ireland on a possible merger.

Merger Mania Created Millionaires But Made Millions More Poorer
A Guardian investigation into how the big deals of two years ago turned sour and brought the markets crashing.

Instinet Mulls $500m Merger With Island Ecn
Instinet, the online share dealing firm majority owned by Reuters, is said to be in $500m (£343m) talks with rival Island ECN, writes David Teather.

Prosecutors Examine Hewlett-compaq Merger
Hewlett Packard's victory in the bitterly contested $18.7bn takeover of Compaq was further muddied yesterday when the technology firm said the deal was under investigation by US prosecutors and financial regulators.

Andersen Merger Inquiry
Accountants Andersen and KPMG face lengthy investigations by regulators in London and Brussels if they push ahead with plans for a merger of their operations outside the US.

Andersen and Kpmg Press on With Merger Talks
Accountants Andersen and rival KPMG confirmed yesterday that they are in talks to merge their businesses outside the US despite what senior figures said were "almost insurmountable obstacles" in the UK and several other key regions. Andersen said a merger with KPMG provided "an...

Beleaguered Accountancy Firm Andersen in Merger Talks With Rival
The embattled accountancy firm Andersen, facing possible criminal charges for its role in the Enron scandal, and an exodus of big-name clients, has offered itself for sale to its rival Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Andersen's ability to survive the shockwaves of the Enron bankruptcy has been...