Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The company grew rapidly in the 1990s, after completing several mergers and acquisitions. WorldCom's first major acquisition was in 1992 with the $720 million acquisition of Advanced Telecommunications Corporation, outbidding larger rivals Sprint Corporation and AT&T to secure the deal, making WorldCom a larger player in the telecoms market. [5]
Emigh, who was from the MCI half of the 1997 WorldCom/MCI merger, later told Fort Worth Weekly in May 2002 that he had expressed concerns about MCI's spending habits for years. He believed that things had been reined in somewhat after WorldCom took over, but he was still unnerved by vendors billing WorldCom for exorbitant amounts. [ 2 ]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Studios (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997. [2] Universal then sold its shares to Barry Diller in 1999, who renamed the company USA Films and merged it with Interscope Communications and Gramercy Pictures. [3]
List of acquisitions by Adobe; List of mergers and acquisitions by Advania; List of airline mergers and acquisitions; List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet; List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon; List of companies consolidated into American Bridge Company; List of acquisitions by AOL; List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple
Mergers and acquisitions are a driving force in the world of finance. Banks, for example, are consolidating all the time, and mergers are how some of the largest banks in America have grown so large.
Lists of corporate mergers and acquisitions include both takeovers and mergers of corporations. Most are organized by the main company involved in the transactions. Most are organized by the main company involved in the transactions.