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Barclays quits Lehman sale talks

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Sep.14   New York
  Barclays has pulled out of talks to buy most of troubled investment bank because it was unable to obtain guarantees

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Mar.16   New York
  JPMorgan Chase has said it is to buy Wall Street's 5th-largest investment bank for $2 a share

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Jul.31   New York Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle
  Media tycoon has won his battle to take over the American media giant, publisher of the Wall Street Journal
Jul.20   New York DJ director quits to protest sale  A director on the board of Dow Jones & Co has resigned because he could not support its endorsement of a $5 billion takeover Jul.17   New York Dow Jones CEO 'agrees' to deal  Richard Zannino tentatively agreed to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling family remains divided on the... Jul.3   Southern California Blackstone buys Hilton for $26bn  U.S. private equity group is buying the global hotels chain for $26bn in an all-cash deal, paying $47.50 for each Hilton Hotels Corporation share

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Oct.9   San Francisco Bay Area Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
  Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently.    YouTube, launched in February 2005, h...
Mar.5   USA AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion  AT&T Inc. to expand its reach into the southeastern states and acquire the rest of Cingular Wireless Jan.24   San Francisco Bay Area Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal  Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.11   Southern California Paramount buys rival Dreamworks  Viacom, which owns Paramount, has agreed to pay $1.6bn for one of its best-known rival studios Jan.27   New York P&G close to $54B Gillette deal  Procter & Gamble Co. is close to an agreement to buy Gillette to create the world's largest consumer products company

year 2004 Top ^

Dec.15   USA Sprint to Buy Nextel in $36 Billion Deal  US mobile groups have agreed to merge in a deal that will create the nation's 3rd largest mobile phone operator Dec.13   San Francisco Bay Area Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion  PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga Sep.13   Southern California MGM studios to be bought by Sony  Hollywood's last major independent studio has agreed in principle to be bought by Japan's Corporation Feb.16   Southern California Defiant Disney says 'no' to bid  The board of entertainment giant has unanimously rejected a takeover bid by Comcast and endorsed its chief Eisner Feb.12   USA Comcast bids for Disney  No. 1 cable operator offers $54 billion. Disney will evaluate the offer

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year 2001 Top ^

Sep.3   San Francisco Bay Area HP buying Compaq for $25 billion  The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM Jan.11   USA AOL Acquires Time Warner  FCC conditionally approved Jan.10   USA American Airlines buys TWA  AMR Corp. agrees to purchase Trans World Airlines Inc. for about $500 million cash. TWA filed for bankruptcy

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Jan.24   USA AOL planned to purchase Time Warner
  America Online plan is the biggest merger ever was greeted as a historic day for corporate America




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