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M & A Fri Sep 5, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC - News), said it is ready to settle federal and state probes into the marketing of auction-rate securities, joining eight other companies that reached agreements. The bank said it has been in talks for.. Read More

M & A Fri Aug 8, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BOSTON (AP) -- The Swiss bank UBS has reached a $19.4 billion agreement to buy back bonds in the biggest settlement yet over claims that banks misled investors to buy auction-rate securities, the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office said Friday. The.. Read More

M & A Thu Jul 24, 2008 @ 12:05pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission have reached an agreement to approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's (NasdaqGS:SIRI - News) purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc (NasdaqGS:XMSR - News), the Wall Street Journ.. Read More

M & A Thu Jun 19, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ALLEN PARK, Mich., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc. ("Meridian") announced today that the Memorandum of Understanding reached with Automotive Components Holdings, LLC ("ACH") and Ford Motor Company ("Ford") a year ago is being ter.. Read More

M & A Mon May 12, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Clear Channel Communications Inc. are surging on media reports that a revised deal has been reached to finance the radio and media company's buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital. The Wall Street Journal is reported.. Read More

M & A Thu Dec 13, 2007 @ 6:09pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP - News), a leading provider of communications services to rural and small urban communities across the country, today announced an agreement has been reached with.. Read More

M & A Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's largest electric company is supporting FairPoint Communications' bid to take over Verizon's land telephone lines in northern New England. Public Service Company of New Hampshire and FairPoint have reached an agreemen.. Read More

M & A Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NAPERVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Laidlaw International, Inc. (NYSE:LI - News) today announced that Laidlaw and FirstGroup plc have reached an agreement with the attorneys general of eleven U.S. states which have expressed interest in the proposed acquis.. Read More

M & A Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- NASCAR reached an agreement Friday with AT&T that will allow the company to sponsor Jeff Burton's car through the 2008 season. Moments after the agreement was reached, Burton's crew went to work placing the AT&T logos on his No. 31.. Read More