Economy Sep 17 Watch News Wrap: United, Continental Closer to Creating World’s Biggest Airline In other news Friday, Wall Street ended the week in positive territory, and shareholders of United and Continental airlines voted to merge as part of a $3 billion stock swap deal that could be finalized within two weeks.
Nation May 20 US Air, America West Announce Plans to Merge America West Holdings Corp. agreed to merge with US Airways Inc. in a deal announced Thursday to help the airlines compete with low-cost carriers. By PBS News Hour
Economy Dec 15 Wireless Companies Sprint and Nextel to Merge Sprint Corp. announced Wednesday that it will buy Nextel Communications Inc. in a $36 billion deal that will create the third largest wireless telecommunications firm in the world. By PBS News Hour