Merger stories:
Oil States Driving Oil-Field Mergers
Feb 19th, 2010 - Wall Street Journal
a possible merger between schlumberger ltd. and smith international inc. highlights that size is still key in the oil-field services industry. schlumberger, already the world's biggest oil-field-services company by revenue and market value, is close
NY Times dissident will not seek re-election
Feb 18th, 2010 - Reuters
* board member galloway will not seek reelection stocks | mergers & acquisitions | bonds * galloway to serve until annual meeting in april los angeles/new york, feb 18 (reuters) - the leader of a 2008 dissident shareholder campaign against the new
House Democrats say merger of health bills is near
Feb 18th, 2010 - Washington Times
house democrats on wednesday said they're closing in on a final health care overhaul bill that merges the house and senate plans but they don't yet know how or when they're going to pass it.
Shinsei shares slide on report of no Aozora merger
Feb 15th, 2010 - Reuters
* shinsei, aozora to abandon or postpone merger -nikkei stocks | mergers & acquisitions | global markets | funds news | etfs news | private capital | financials * rating outlooks of banks may be returned to 'stable'-s&p * shinsei may need to raise
Shinsei Declines After Report Aozora Merger Collapsed
Feb 15th, 2010 - BusinessWeek
(adds analyst’s comment in fourth paragraph.) feb. 15 (bloomberg) -- shinsei bank ltd. fell the most in two months in tokyo trading after a report that merger talks with aozora bank ltd. collapsed and the company will sell shares to raise capital


