merger talks

Two of the nation's automakers reportedly are asking the government for billions of dollars to finance a merger.

GM and Chrysler are both bleeding cash and a last-ditch merger between the two has been discussed for weeks.

Industry executives have been in Washington meeting with government officials. The money could come from funds recently authorized by Congress to help carmakers retool their factories.

Or, it could come from the $700 billion bailout fund. And it could even mean the government taking a stake in the car industry.

Merger talks between ailing automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. are reportedly picking up amid increased interest from lenders eager to in close a deal.

Struggling US car giants General Motors and Chrysler are in talks about a possible merger, US media say.

The Yahoo and AOL merger talks are proceeding at pace and now the bigwigs are conducting due diligence. In other words, a deal is quite possible, but the integration work is going to be ugly.

US investment bank Morgan Stanley is holding talks with possible suitors, including a Chinese bank, reports say.

Lloyds TSB is in advanced merger talks with HBOS to create a UK retail banking giant amidst a spreading global financial crisis.

Lloyds TSB is in advanced merger talks with HBOS to create a giant UK retail bank, the BBC learns.

British Airways and Spain's Iberia are in talks over a merger as the airlines attempt to weather economic turbulence.

Yahoo published on Monday its version of the details of the failed merger talks with Microsoft, as the Internet pioneer heads toward the frontlines of its proxy battle with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Yahoo, which wants its current nine-member board to be re-elected at its annual shareholders meeting on August ...

Virgin Mobile USA is expected to announce a deal to acquire fellow mobile virtual operator Helio as early as this week, according to a story in The Financial Times.