Word: mergers
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...Institute for Advanced Study, which in some ways resembles a vibrant academic think tank and remains committed to the study of “women, gender and society.” Most of Radcliffe College’s programs have continued as part of the Radcliffe Institute, and the merger actually empowered Radcliffe by giving its dean a seat on the University Board of Deans (alongside the Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Medical School and other university “tubs?...
...best example is the NBA, which owes its success to two dynasties after the merger between the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America. The Lakers in their Minnesota form and the Celtics in with their Bill Russell face ruled basketball with the first three-peat and only eight-peat, respectively, and made the NBA a legit league. The Showtime Lakers of the 80s continued the “Magic” until Jordan’s Bulls took the reins...
...More In The Pipeline Yukos and Sibneft sealed a $45 billion merger, creating Russia's biggest oil firm. U.S. giant ExxonMobil was said to be on the verge of buying as much as 50% of the newly created firm...
...Slate continued until May of this year, but during that time, Connor’s work on film theory did not fall by the wayside. He wrote on Braveheart and the Vivendi-Universal merger, among other topics, for such journals as Representations, The Baffier...
RENAMED. AOL TIME WARNER, parent company of TIME; to Time Warner; by the company's board of directors, three years after the announcement of the trouble-plagued corporate merger; in New York City. Of expunging the name of its online unit--which will mean changing the company's ticker symbol (to TWX) and its logo--CEO Dick Parsons said, "We believe that our new name better reflects the portfolio of our valuable businesses and ends any confusion between our corporate name and the America Online brand name...