Cingular bought AT&T Wireless, but AT&T used to be SBC, which used to be Southwestern Bell, which used to be one of the baby bells after the breakup of Ma bell, which used to be AT&T. Stop here and do not loop.
Merger Deals
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Cingular bought AT&T Wireless, but AT&T used to be SBC, which used to be Southwestern Bell, which used to be one of the baby bells after the breakup of Ma bell, which used to be AT&T. Stop here and do not loop.
Well, that is certainly clear. I can imagine Bud Abbott trying to explain that to Lou Costello. 
GateHouse Media was founded in 1998 as Liberty House Publishing. The company went through a bankruptcy in 2013. GateHouse operates in 39 states and owns 154 daily newspapers and 579 weekly and monthly newspapers. Gannett, founded in 1923, owns USA Today, The Tennesseean, Arizona Republic, Des Moines Register, Cincinnati Enquirer, Great Falls Tribune, Louisville Courier-Journal, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and many other newspapers.
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Newspaper chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA Today owner
Newspaper consolidation has picked up as local papers find it hard to grow digital businesses and replace declines in print ads and circulation.
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In the past week, Fiat Chrysler announced plans to merge with Peugeot and the FCC formally approved the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. Today we have a merger proposal from Xerox. Today we have a merger proposal from Xerox. Today we have a merger proposal from Xerox. (Get it?)
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Xerox Makes Takeover Offer for HP (Published 2019)
A merger would combine two once-formidable, print-focused companies as demand for printed documents and ink has waned.
Bernard Arnault could surpass Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest person | CNN Business
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates can clearly afford a lot of leather wallets from Louis Vuitton and little blue boxes from Tiffany. But the world's two richest people could both soon find themselves worth less than the head of LVMH because of its takeover of Tiffany.
Stanford Business School students Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub in 2000. EBay bought the company for $310 million in 2007 and has now made a profit of $3,640,000,000 by selling the company to Viagogo, an online ticket selling business founded in 2006 by Eric Baker. Yes, that Eric Baker.
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EBay Sells Ticket Selling Giant StubHub To Viagogo For $4B In Cash
StubHub, a ticket marketplace featuring 10 million live sports, music and theatre events in more than 40 countries, has been sold by eBay to smaller ticketing rival Viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2020. It brings together two...
Eric Baker is one shrewd guy.Stanford Business School students Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub in 2000. EBay bought the company for $310 million in 2007 and has now made a profit of $3,640,000,000 by selling the company to Viagogo, an online ticket selling business founded in 2006 by Eric Baker. Yes, that Eric Baker.
EBay Sells Ticket Selling Giant StubHub To Viagogo For $4B In Cash
StubHub, a ticket marketplace featuring 10 million live sports, music and theatre events in more than 40 countries, has been sold by eBay to smaller ticketing rival Viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2020. It brings together two...
Give me $310M and you won't see me again.
I hope you like the picture of my wife & kids too, because I'm not going to bother packing anything from my desk on the way out the door.
I hope you like the picture of my wife & kids too, because I'm not going to bother packing anything from my desk on the way out the door.
Elon Musk to buy Twitter in $44 billion deal | CNN Business
Twitter said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a roughly $44 billion deal that has the potential to expand the billionaire's business empire and put the world's richest man in charge of one of the world's most influential social networks.
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For once, Mister scotch, I beat you to a story – but only by a few seconds. I posted it to the Miscellaneous News thread.
Ha! You only beat me because you didn't bother scrolling through 15 pages of threads to find the right one.
Shares of Twitter closed today at 51.70, a gain of 2.77 (5.66%). In after-hours trading, shares rose to 51.78. Does anyone here own Twitter stock?
How is this a merger? Is Twitter merging with Telsa, SpaceX or Boring?Elon Musk to buy Twitter in $44 billion deal | CNN Business
Twitter said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a roughly $44 billion deal that has the potential to expand the billionaire's business empire and put the world's richest man in charge of one of the world's most influential social networks.
We a misc news thread.
Miscellaneous News Thread
The thread should be Mergers & Acquisitions. I just took the liberty of posting as such. Your welcome.How is this a merger? Is Twitter merging with Telsa, SpaceX or Boring?
We a misc news thread.
Miscellaneous News Thread
How is this a merger? Is Twitter merging with Telsa, SpaceX or Boring?
We a misc news thread.
Miscellaneous News Thread
Wolf is right but I agree the thread could use a name change.
Years ago I fought and won against the tyrannical rule of our DRC overlords like Hectic and Aaron to get fish news added to the already established Rural Retreat thread. So I'm with ya brother. Rise up!