But as McGuinn will tell you, a lot can go wrong in a merged company.
That means DirecTV will have 12 months to make cards complicating things for the merged company.
The merged company's rivals will also have access to Universal's online music content, the EC said.
In Japan, the merged company has begun to blend these into a single service.
The merged company would be the only one that could produce nuclear ships and submarines for the U.S. Navy.
At first, telecoms analysts thought Alcatel-Lucent's problems were merely the travails of a recently merged company.
In a statement, HP's Fiorina said Capellas is leaving as the merged company meets its integration milestones.
So the merged company could move flights to a more major hub such as JFK, said Pincavage.
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The merged company, LATAM Airlines Group, will be one of the largest quoted airlines in the world.
And it will serve the merged company especially well in today's airline business, which is all about scale.
Concerns were also raised about the proposed management structure of a merged company.
The merger would have seen Monsanto shareholders receive 1.15 shares in the merged company for each of their own shares.
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Vodafone's Chris Gent will head up the company, while, contrary to expectations, Klaus Esser will stay with the merged company.
Also, Endeavor already had space for the new firm to occupy, so the merged company had more space than it needed.
Some executives, formerly with Progress, have also since left the merged company.
But Adkerson believes the merged company will hardly corner the market.
The merged company did a reasonable job of fending off competitors, but did so by engaging in a price war that clobbered profitability.
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DaimlerChrysler (as the merged company will be called) could become big in the huge Japanese market and strong across the whole Asia-Pacific region.
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If it is accepted, one effect would be to keep about half the merged company's shareholder base in Australia potentially an important consideration for competition authorities there.
The MPs claim it would be naive to assume that the two governments would not continue to get involved in the affairs of the merged company.
It's possible that MCI shareholders looking for a quick financial fix--and less concerned with the long-term prospects of the merged company--will be enticed by a new offer.
New Jersey utility commissioners, for example, rejected in 2006 the marriage of Exelon Corp. and PSEG Corp, saying that the merged company would be too powerful.
The two friends both used to work at McKinsey, a consultancy stress a new common goal for the merged company: pushing banking and insurance services through the same channels.
Bart Becht, who was at the helm of Benckiser before taking over as chief executive of the merged company, is one of the best-paid bosses in Britain.
Depending on the industry and the specific merger, effective strategies differ, but they typically involve adding services or cutting costs in exchange for more business with the merged company, said Akey.
When two large copper lodes were discovered at mines in Calumet and Hecla in 1865, the two mine owners joined forces and the merged company became large enough to influence world markets.
The merged company will be involved in the development of two world class copper projects: Tenke Fungurume in Congo in which Lundin holds a 24% stake (Freeport McMoRan is the majority partner) and Cobre Panama which is 74% controlled by Inmet.
The merged company will retain the name iControl Networks and will be headquartered in Palo Alto, California with a division in Austin, Texas. iControl CEO Paul Dawes and uControl CEO Jim Johnson will both remain in their roles and serve as co-CEO's of the new iControl Networks.
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