Word: merger
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...discuss general topics, such as questionsabout a Harvard-Radcliffe merger, having men votein RUS or just asking for advice," Lewis says."It's very easy to make appointments with her, andwe can go and just ask her questions...
Still, the rollback of cable rates could slow the growth of cable companies and make them less attractive as merger partners. Falcon Cable TV, a Los Angeles-based company with 1.1 million cable subscribers, last week halted plans for a $125 million public offering in the wake of the FCC order. Falcon , had planned to use the funds to replace 2,300 miles of conventional wire with fiber-optic cable that could double its current 40-channel capacity. "The uncertainty caused by the FCC is like an apartment owner suddenly having rent control imposed," says Falcon chairman Marc Nathanson...
...either company's ardor for future consolidations. They are still talking about possible cooperative ventures between them, and each firm is already eyeing prospective new partners. "There's plenty of adrenaline pumping here," Smith says. "We are a company on the prowl." So is TCI. No sooner had the merger collapsed than rumors began flying of a joint expedition by Malone and Barry Diller, who had only just lost his five-month fight for Paramount Communications, to find themselves a Hollywood studio...
...vigorous negotiation seemed more than a cover for inaction. Bosnian Croats and the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government were showing renewed interest in working together, despite brutal fighting in the year since their anti-Serb alliance split apart. Bosnian Croat forces had sought to carve out a ministate for eventual merger into a Greater Croatia, but Muslim forces were gaining the upper hand. Unlike a string of previous failed cease-fires, the truce struck last week led swiftly to the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers along confrontation lines and the withdrawal of artillery and mortars to a distance of six miles...
Citing the FCC cable ruling, Bell Atlantic and Tele-Communications Inc. canceled their plans to join forces in what would have been the world's largest merger and a breakthrough in the race to build the allegedly coming "electronic superhighway." Dispute over price also played a role in aborting the deal, which was valued at up to $33 billion...