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...such luck. The merger has stalled in part because of increasing consumer and political opposition by folks who aren't quite sure that one airline controlling a quarter of all flights in such a good idea. The General Accounting Office weighed in and published the ugly, possibly anti-competitive details of how the new combined carrier could monopolize the skies in many cities and on certain routes. Reports also said that the Department of Justice anti-trust division, which has to approve the merger for it to go through, had serious concerns about the deal as structured. Several state attorney...
Over the past few years, the nuclear industry's top players, led by Entergy and Exelon (formed by the merger of Philadelphia-based PECO Energy and Chicago native Unicom), have shelled out nearly $4 billion to purchase 15 of the nation's 103 operating plants--including such unlikely prizes as the surviving sister unit of Pennsylvania's infamous Three Mile Island No. 2 reactor. These new nuclear powers, which also include Duke Energy, Southern Co., Dominion Resources and Constellation Energy, have reversed years of mismanagement and cost overruns to turn the plants into the reliable, profitable atomic engines they were...
...Over the past few years, the nuclear industry's top players, led by Entergy and Exelon (formed by the merger of Philadelphia-based PECO Energy and Chicago native Unicom), have shelled out nearly $4 billion to purchase 15 of the nation's 103 operating plants--including such unlikely prizes as the surviving sister unit of Pennsylvania's infamous Three Mile Island No. 2 reactor. These new nuclear powers, which also include Duke Energy, Southern Co., Dominion Resources and Constellation Energy, have reversed years of mismanagement and cost overruns to turn the plants into the reliable, profitable atomic engines they were...
...terms of Harvard history, the Harvard Radcliffe merger may be one of Rudenstine’s greatest accomplishments...
...idea definitely not being entertained (though favored by this writer) is a merger with the U.S. major leagues, creating, say, a six-team Japan Division. Thus those stars who wanted to test themselves against big-league competition would not have to move all the way to North America to do so, and fans would be able to see all the great players in the world up close and live. "It's totally impossible," says Yomiuri's Watanabe, citing a list of reasons: higher travel costs, the shift that would be required from a system of corporate sponsorship...