And in fact, through a tie-up with Microsoft's Bing, that is exactly what is likely to happen.
That appears to pave the way for a rumored tie-up between Skype and Facebook.
The new venture between the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges includes a tie-up with Nasdaq.
Ghosn wants the Renault-Nissan tie-up to tap synergies, not just add names to the annual report.
Still, the betting money is on some sort of tie-up involving Nokia's Lumia line.
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But Luxembourg, which owns nearly 6% of Arcelor, has also expressed reservations about the tie-up.
And analysts continue to salivate at the prospect of a tie-up with Dresdner Bank, a Frankfurt rival.
It is in talks with Hon Hai for a planned tie-up in liquid crystal display (LCD) production.
The Micron and Nanya tie-up plans had been reported earlier in the week by the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Instead it is getting 30 days to secure a potential tie-up with Italy's Fiat or shut down.
An existing tie-up allows commercial customers to watch Scottish Premier League games as part of their Sky subscription.
Shortly afterwards, Japan Tobacco bought RJR Nabisco's international business, and France's Seita and Spain's Tabacalera unveiled a tie-up.
Mr Justice Bodey asked Ms Roberts whether "some sort of tie-up" with the media was influencing her thinking.
Eurogamer.net, the popular European gaming website, today revealed a tie-up with Gaikai, the online gaming service provider.
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Sprint and SoftBank say they expect the tie-up to be completed in July.
The tie-up between the two natural resources firms was completed on 2 May.
If the iTunes tie-up generates significant cash advances or sales, it could delay breaches in the company's loan covenants.
But before that, AirAsia first needs to receive approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board for the proposed tie-up.
It may hasten a tie-up with local savings banks, or with another Landesbank.
Recently PayPal announced a tie-up with ATM Company NCR, which will expand its presence to restaurants and gas stations.
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But the Hanil-Commercial Bank tie-up is the first among the country's banking heavyweights.
Its tie-up with Discover Financial Services, will be launched in Q2 2013.
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America's Department of Justice had given its approval to the tie-up in August.
Abbott is also continuing with his attempts to tie-up new deals for top scorer Danny Graham and defender David Raven.
Earlier this year, the shareholders of Inco and Falconbridge rejected a three-way tie-up with Phelps Dodge, an American copper miner.
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Microsoft's stories of clandestine airport meetings aside, the Senate hearing focused on the company's claim that any tie-up between Yahoo!
The lawsuit is just the latest potential obstacle standing in the way of the tie-up between the two major air carriers.
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In its current state, even a speculated tie-up with Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE wouldn't vault Motorola back into No. 2.
Not even an announcement made by Petrobras of a potential tie-up with LLX was enough to calm down the markets.
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Shortly after the Rosneft-ExxonMobil tie-up was finalised in April, Rosneft and Italy's Eni announced an agreement to explore the Kara Sea.
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