Analysts on Wall Street were generally critical of the merger, as both companies had been struggling before the announcement, and the stock prices of both companies dropped in the months after the merger agreement was made public.

Carly Fiorina, initially seen as HP's savior when she was hired as CEO back in 1999, had seen the company's stock price drop to less than half since she assumed the position, and her job was said to be on shakey ground before the merger announcement.

Following the announcement of the merger between Square and former competitor Enix in 2003, Square purchased back Electronic Arts ' stake in Square EA, and folded it back into Square Soft, Inc., its North American subsidiary, which was subsequently renamed Square Enix U. S. A., Inc. ( now Square Enix, Inc .) and continues to publish Square Enix's titles in North America.

On 4 August an Iraqi-backed " Provisional Government of Free Kuwait " was proclaimed, but a total lack of legitimacy and support for it led to an 8 August announcement of a " merger " of the two countries.

In February 1958, following announcement of the merger of Syria and Egypt into the United Arab Republic, Iraq and Jordan announced the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan, also known as the Arab Union.

With this announcement and with no clear goal, the PFP face an uncertain future which could speed up any merger with the Kuomintang.

Following the announcement of the UPN / WB merger creating The CW network, News Corporation announced the creation of MyNetworkTV to provide an alternative network for its O & O UPN affiliates on February 22, 2006.

Commentators describe the April 6, 1998, merger announcement between Travelers and Citicorp as the catalyst for the House passing that bill by a single vote ( 214-213 ) on May 13, 1998.

A photo of Case and Time Warner's Jerry Levin embracing at the announcement of the merger appears on the cover.

In the immediate aftermath of the merger announcement, some Conservative activists hoped to recruit former Ontario Premier Mike Harris for the leadership.

However, with the December 2004 announcement of the proposed Sprint Nextel merger, it has been speculated that the Nextel iDEN network will be quickly abandoned in favor of Sprint's CDMA network.

The announcement attributed the merger in large part to more than a million dollars in debt accumulated by the Monterey Bay Area Council during the construction of a fish ladder and a new dining lodge at Pico Blanco Scout Reservation along with declining enrollment.

Usenet announcement about merger

After lengthy discussions with Be and rumors of a merger with Sun Microsystems, many were surprised at Apple's December 1996 announcement that they were purchasing NeXT and bringing Steve Jobs on in an advisory role.

* Comcast merger announcement

Upon the announcement that the federal government would block the merger, SGX retracted its bid for ASX shares and decided to seek growth opportunities elsewhere.

The announcement of the merger was made at a rally organised at Jhanjhari village recently.

Executives from both companies, in the announcement of the merger, stated that the Flexcar headquarters in Seattle would be closed, possibly resulting in the loss of jobs as operations transferred to Zipcar's headquarters in Boston ..

* Verio / ClarkNet merger announcement in January 1998 via the Wayback Machine

Speculation about ongoing merger negotiations often appeared in the mainstream media prior to the official announcement, with several key details leaking to the press.

In the wake of the official merger announcement, Don Scott ( who is a respected former Hawthorn footballer ) launched the Operation Payback campaign.

In late 2009, after the announcement of the Comcast-NBC merger, Comcast Corporation submitted a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that revealed it owns a ten percent stake of Current Media LLC.

Following the announcement of the merger of The WB and UPN into The CW on January 24, 2006, Sinclair announced on May 2, 2006 that WVTV would become The CW's Milwaukee affiliate upon the network's launch on September 18, 2006.

That breach was healed 20 years later by merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

The transaction presumably would have qualified under section 368(a)(1) as a contractual reorganization, followed by a section 332 liquidation, but not under section 368(a)(1) as a statutory merger of consolidation.

Revenue Ruling 54-17 provides that if the corporation against which a tax was assessed has since been liquidated by merger with a successor corporation, a claim for refund should be filed by the successor in the name and on behalf of the corporation which paid the tax, followed by the name of the successor corporation.

Section 381(a) applies only to a transfer by liquidation of a subsidiary owned to the extent of at least 80 per cent, a statutory merger or consolidation, an acquisition of substantially all a corporation's assets solely in exchange for voting stock, or a change of identity, form, or place of organization.

The potato chip industry these days is growing, not only as a result of population increase and public acceptance of convenience foods, but also because of a combination of circumstances that has led to growth by merger.

Central was rebuffed by the other two railroads in previous attempts to make it a three-way merger.

* 1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

* 1955 – The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.

The merger is the mechanism by which the players compete.

# Bank doesn't have enough shares to allow everyone to trade in their shares-first choice falls to person causing the merger, followed by other players in order around the table in the order of play.

It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, after having secured former Liberal minister Don Chipp as a high-profile leader .< ref >

A merger between the two leagues was sought by the senior league and announced in 1966, but was not finalized until 1970.

Founded by a merger arranged by the Fascist regime in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s ( 1951 – 52 ).

The municipality Abdera was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

The school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919 as a merger of the Grand Ducal School of Arts and Crafts and the Weimar Academy of Fine Art.

During 1988, the Liberals formally merged with the SDP to form the Liberal Democrats, though a small splinter Liberal Party was formed in 1989 by former members opposed to the merger.

The Bakelite Corporation was formed in 1922 ( after patent litigation favorable to Baekeland ) from a merger of three companies: the General Bakelite Company which Baekeland founded in 1910, the Condensite Company, founded by J. W.

In East Germany after local election losses, a forced merger of political parties in the Socialist Unity Party (" SED "), followed by elections in 1946 where political opponents were oppressed.

Had the Bears won either championship, the club would have completed a championship three-peat – a feat completed only by the Packers ( twice ), although no team has done it since the AFL-NFL merger.

The UCC is by far the most diverse of the Reformed churches in the U. S. In the United Kingdom, the United Reformed Church was formed in 1972 by the merger of the Presbyterian and the Congregational churches, on presbyterian principles of union but within a continuing congregational regard for local diversity.

* Electronic Communications Committee ( ECC )-responsible for radiocommunications and telecommunications matters and formed by the merger of ECTRA and ERC ( European Radiocommunications Committee ) in September 2001