| FACTBOX: How combined British Airways, Iberia would look Following are some key facts about the potential new carrier: -- Aircraft: 408 aircraft (BA 244; Iberia 164*) -- Destinations: 259 airports (BA 150; Iberia 109) -- Pas ...[more] |
| Playboy in talks with Iconix to sell itself: sources At this point, the goal of Iconix, which owns and licenses clothing brands such as Candies, Joe Boxer, and Rocawear, is to bring in a publishing partner to buy Playboy's namesake magazine whi ...[more] |
| Visteon cleared to sell operations, get financing ), a bankrupt maker of auto parts, received court approval on Thursday for several deals that will help it restructure operations and secure financing. The company received approval ...[more] |
| Comcast/NBC deal to have regulatory baggage: rivals ) could face serious antitrust questions if it were to acquire control of NBC Universal. News Corp () President Chase Carey and Liberty Media Chief Executive Greg Maffei, in separat ...[more] |
| 3Com trades a red flag in sensitive environment One might think that pictures of hedge fund managers and executives in handcuffs from the Galleon and other recent insider trading cases would act as a deterrent to using material insider inf ...[more] |
| Toromont formalizes hostile bid for Enerflex ) formalized its hostile takeover offer for Enerflex Systems Income Fund () on Thursday, after its talks with the supplier of equipment for the oil and gas industry failed to bear fruit. ...[more] |
| GE sells security arm to United Tech for $1.82 billion ) will sell its security business to United Technologies Corp () for $1.82 billion, a deal that marks a step in the largest U.S. conglomerate's portfolio streamlining. GE, which stu ...[more] |
| RailAmerica says could make an acquisition in next 4-5 months ) said it could make an acquisition over the next four-five months as it was encouraged by current lucrative opportunities in the market. "We believe there are numerous railroads ou ...[more] |
| Cooper looks to fire up Imperial's growth ) Cooper, 43, was widely tipped to take over the top job at the maker of Lambert & Butler and Gauloises cigarettes next year after shadowing current CEO Gareth Davis for eight m ...[more] |
| HP to buy 3Com for $3.1 billion The deal is the latest sign that technology giants from IBM to Oracle Corp are increasingly encroaching in each other's markets as they seek to become one-stop shops for computing, networking ...[more] |
| INSTANT VIEW: HP in $2.7 billion deal to buy 3Com HP also reported preliminary quarterly profit and revenue that beat analysts' expectations. COMMENTARY MARK FABBI, ANALYST, GARTNER "I definitely think it's a good dea ...[more] |