  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is taking depositions as part of a probe into a planned merger of American Airlines Inc and US Airways Group Inc that would create the world's largest airline, three sources close to the discussions told Reuters. | | | | | (Reuters) - The New York Times Co has received multiple bids for The Boston Globe, according to a source familiar with the auction of the daily newspaper. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, is sounding out options for cable operator Charter Communications to acquire larger rival Time Warner Cable, according to a media report. | | | |  | | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff publicly ended one of Silicon Valley's most bitter feuds on Thursday as they leapt into a major alliance aimed at selling more Internet-based software. | | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators do not plan to ask Sprint Nextel Corp or Clearwire Corp to sell any spectrum as they near a vote on Sprint's proposed buyout of Clearwire, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. | | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will examine the proposed purchase of Smithfield Foods , the world's largest pork processor, by Shuanghui International of China at a hearing in July, Debbie Stabenow, the head of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said on Thursday. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of New York City's largest landlords, Thor Equities LLC, has offered more than $2.1 billion in cash to buy the Empire State Building, the real estate firm's broker said on Thursday. | | | |  | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat could exercise an option as early as Monday to buy a further 3.3 percent stake in Chrysler held by U.S. healthcare trust VEBA, Fiat's chairman said. | | | | | KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobas SA has awarded a $2.7 billion offshore support vessel contract to Norway's Seadrill and Malaysia's SapuraKencana , the latter firm said on Thursday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and Warburg Pincus LLC are among the buyout firms through to the second round of the auction for Carlyle Group LP's aerospace communications firm Arinc Inc, several people familiar with the matter said this week. | | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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