Every time a merge of this scope occurred and the companies got larger and larger, more and more prospects were left undeveloped.
In fact, the disruption and chaos from a merge often drives customers away and is the primary reason acquisitions do not measure up to their projected financial benefits.
Then there's a completely new idea, which is to generate a kind of a cell that you would merge with a kind of an egg, and you'd get something that was kind of an embryo but it wasn't really an embryo, and it wouldn't have the potential to grow into anything, and maybe those would give rise to stem cells.
Last May, they announced a plan to merge their space-launch operations into a new venture, the United Launch Alliance, and the Federal Trade Commission is expected to approve the deal sometime this month.
Under the legislation, if parents or other parties object to a council executive's decision to close or merge a school, their only recourse will be to new Independent Local Determination Panels, set up in each council.
In the coming months, my administration will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize the federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more competitive America.
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If a truck looms out of the blind spot during a high-speed freeway merge, for example, a driver would be better off if his phone's ringer was disabled at that moment, he says.
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Italy has accused France of protectionism over a controversial deal to merge Gaz de France and Suez, which was a takeover target for Italian firm Enel.
It would allow full functionality should a 2013 full merge of MacOS and iOS occur.
That something was the announcement of a plan to merge America's two big teachers' unions.
BAE'S chief executive, Mike Turner, even let slip that a proposal to merge with Thales had been made by the French company's boss, Denis Ranque.
It could be something simple like deciding to merge a brand.
Late Wednesday, the exchange's chief executive announced a deal to merge with Archipelago , the 8-year-old Chicago-based electronic exchange that specializes in over-the-counter, options, exchange traded funds.
Hedge funds SAC Capital and Jana Partners bought 8% of the firm and then slammed it for squandering a chance to merge with rival E-Trade Financial Corp.
In the mid-1990s, BT made a bid to merge with MCI (nasdaq: MCIP - news - people ), before MCI was taken over by WorldCom .
The government announced a plan to merge the two forces in 2006, but it was dropped after both the Surrey and Sussex police authorities objected to the proposal on funding grounds.
Can you merge a fully loaded Windows XP PC with a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone without coming up with something so bulky, cumbersome and power-hungry that it doesn't work well as either?
It was typically thought that if a star formed too close to another, the two stars would quickly merge into a single, bigger star.
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Next it found a shell into which it could merge: Nova International Films, a Vancouver, Wash. film production outfit with no operational history in a decade but with an over-the-counter listing.
"Ericsson is maintaining its top position in wireless networking equipment and technology, so the company will not be forced to merge with another player from a purely competitive position perspective, but rather may be forced to merge to reconcile its weak business model and financial condition, " Lesieur said in a note.
If we lived in a world with only two cell phone providers who were trying to merge to become a monopoly, blocking that merger would be a no-brainer.
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While these two would never merge, a sort of symbiotic partnership would be hugely beneficial for both parties.
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If it fails with Rover, it may still have to merge with a big group, such as Volkswagen or Fiat.
On average, 50 percent of funds close or merge over a 20-year period, mainly as a result of prolonged poor performance.
That is because later this year, their respective publishing companies are expected to merge into a new company called Penguin Random House.
Two California-based wine e-tailers are planning to merge in a bid to create the leading online store offering advice on wine, ratings and reviews.
Shares of chipmaker Zoran are trading sharply higher Friday morning after the company reached a revised deal to merge with U.K.-based CSR.
The pair announced their intention to merge almost a year ago.
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