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• TW Hopes for Full FCC.((Time Warner Inc.), merger approval by Federal Communications Commission)

  - 2006-04-17

  By Ted Hearn GOP Majority Could Benefit Adelphia Deal Atlanta-- Time Warner Inc.'s top executive hopes a Republican majority emerges at the Federal Communications Commission before the company needs to ask the agency to finish its...

  Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., Comcast Corp., FCC, merger, Time Warner Inc.

• The Adelphia deadlock: the FCC is split and lobbyists want conditions put on the sale of the cable-system operator's assets.(Adelphia Communications Corp. assets are acquiring by Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc.)(Federal Communications Commission )

  - 2006-02-06

  WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. could be forced to renounce exclusive sports-programming deals and pledge to keep their high-speed Internet lines open to all forms of Web content and commerce before federal regulators allow them to WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. and...

  Tags: Adelphia Communications Corp., asset, cable, Comcast Corp., DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., FCC, merger, satellite, Time Warner Inc.

• Nightly Business Report

  - 2005-12-19

  PAUL KANGAS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: It`s an $11 billion merger that`s generating a lot of interest on Wall Street. FPL Group is buying Constellation Energy, the latest big deal in a year of really big deals on the merger and acquisition front. ...

  Tags: America Online Inc., analyst, FINANCE, Google Inc., image, Investment, merger, stock, tax, Time Warner Inc., U.S. Congress

• NAB calls for conditions on Adelphia acquisition.(This Just In)

  - 2005-08-08

  WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Broadcasters on Friday called for merger conditions on the takeover of Adelphia Communications Corp. by Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. The $17.6 billion merger would leave Comcast and Time Warner w WASHINGTON...

  Tags: acquisition, Adelphia Communications Corp., Comcast Corp., merger, Time Warner Inc.

• Ownership rules get a revival: one day before Adelphia deal is filed, Martin moves on cable regulations.(Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. acquisition of Adelphia Communications Corp., Kevin Martin)

  - 2005-05-23

  WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission decided to put its cable-ownership proceeding on steroids last Tuesday, launching a rulemaking one day before Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. formally sought agency permission to acquire bankru WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission decided to put...

  Tags: acquisition, Adelphia Communications Corp., agency, cable, cable company, Comcast Corp., FCC, merger, Time Warner Inc.

• Time Warner tried to re-enter MGM fray, SEC documents show.(Mergers)(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.)(Time Warner Inc.)

  - 2004-11-08

  After pulling out of the auction for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. in September, Time Warner Inc. apparently had an immediate change of heart and tried desperately to get back into the fray, according to documents MGM filed with the Securities and Excha After pulling out of...

  Tags: merger, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, SEC, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• Predictions from CTAM U Class of '02: grad's guesses are compiled: merger forecasts very mixed, Arouh is a star.(Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing)

  - 2004-07-19

  To her fellow executives, Hallmark Channel's Janice Arouh has pretty impressive abilities as a prognosticator. After all, she predicted two years ago that Comcast Corp. would acquire The Walt Disney Co., something Comcast in fact tried to do this w To her fellow executives,...

  Tags: America Online Inc., Comcast Corp., Cox Communications Inc., marketing, merger, Time Warner Inc.

• Held off on cable mergers: activists.(Breaking ...)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-05-03

  WASHINGTON -- Public activists are asking the FCC to block mergers by Comcast and Time Warner, including for-sole Adelphia, until there's a new national cap on cable audience reach. Judges struck down the previous cap limiting one MSO's reach to 30 WASHINGTON -- Public...

  Tags: activist, cable, Comcast Corp., FCC, merger, Time Warner Inc.

• The Costs and Benefits of Precommitment: An Appraisal of Omnicare v. NCS Healthcare

  - 2004-04-01

  I. INTRODUCTIONFor almost two decades, the law of mergers and acquisitions has operated according to a set of dichotomies. Two fiduciary duties, the duty of loyalty and the duty of care, guide director conduct.1 Two standards of review-business judgment deference and enhanced scrutiny-are applied by courts.2 The applicable standard is...

  Tags: agreement, Alien, appraisal, benefit, board, director, fiduciary, game, Genesis, merger, payoff, Revlon Inc., shareholder, Time Warner Inc., Unocal Corp., Williams

• Correction.(Fast Track)((Klein, Alec) )(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)

  - 2004-02-23

  Washington Post reporter Alec Klein's Stealing Time, about the AOL Time Warner merger, was briefly on BusinessWeek's bestsellers list in September. ... Washington Post reporter Alec Klein's Stealing Time, about the AOL Time Warner merger, was briefly on BusinessWeek's bestsellers list in September....

  Tags: Alec Klein, merger, Time Warner Inc.