Consumers in Europe and Australia might be more familiar with its AEG and Vax brands.
Does Trell consider that exchange a "red flag" that AEG Live should have noticed, Panish asked.
Katherine Jackson contends AEG didn't properly investigate the doctor who later administered the fatal dose.
During his opening remarks, Panish displayed several emails between AEG executives discussing Jackson's health.
Should AEG be forced to pay for contributing to the death of Michael Jackson?
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"Mr. Jackson is a person who was known to doctor shop, " AEG's attorney Marvin Putnam said.
Entertainment giant AEG announced last night that it has put itself up for sale.
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But before building Farmers AEG has to have a football team to fill it.
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Calls I made to AEG and Leiweke over the past couple of days were not returned.
Before the merger, AEG was responsible for an estimated 9% to 10% of Ticketmaster's sales.
Some of AEG's venues, such as London's O2 arena, host a disproportionate number of high-priced concerts.
Instead of licensing Ticketmaster's system, however, AEG this week entered a joint venture called Outbox Enterprises.
Perhaps just as important is the pending sale of AEG, which is also owned by Anschutz.
Prince, Paris, Blanket and their grandmother, Katherine Jackson, are suing AEG Live for billions of dollars.
AEG, which owns a 27% stake in the Lakers, put itself up for sale last year.
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The men also were served with a 19-page demand for documents, including the AEG contracts.
But Ellison has other billionaires to compete with if he gets serious about AEG.
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With players like that at the table, the AEG auction will certainly get expensive quickly.
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In addition to the properties it owns, AEG controls more than 100 other venues.
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When the department store went bankrupt in 1928, it was sold to the German engineering company AEG.
AEG's concerts division promotes tours for pop stars like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Jon Bon Jovi.
They claim to have even more damaging emails and feel very confident in their case against AEG.
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Jackson lawyers accused AEG Live lawyers of mistreating Prince when he was deposed on a recent Saturday.
"There's an obvious link between AEG and concerns that we have about the decedent's demise, " Levitch said.
The Royal Parks said AEG Live would provide entertainment while minimising the impact on the local community.
According to AEG chief Randy Phillips, the tour will stretch through 2013, hitting every continent besides Antarctica.
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"AEG knew nothing about this decade-long propofol use, " AEG Live lawyer Marvin Putnam said in his opening statements.
Timothy Leiweke, who runs AEG, the holding company for Staples Center and the Kings, does not return calls.
He repeated the adage, "the show must go on, " to describe AEG's actions toward both Jackson and Murray.
In approving the merger, antitrust regulators required that AEG be allowed to compete with Ticketmaster for ticket sales.
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