Oracle's Ellison may be interested in second Hawaiian airline By Malia Mattoch McManus HONOLULU (Reuters) - Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison may be interested in acquiring a second Hawaii airline after he bought most of the tropical island of Lanai last year. Island Air, a Honolulu-based carrier with a handful of island-hopping planes that Ellison bought in February, confirmed discussions between Island and Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group, the parent ...
June 22, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
SoftBank CEO expects Sprint deal to close in early July SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is confident that his company’s deal to acquire Sprint will close early next month, Reuters reported. Dish Network was originally looking to counter SoftBank’s offer, but the company abandoned its bid earlier this week to focus on acquiring ClearWire. That effort might not work out either. The pressure from Dish, however, forced SoftBank to revise its offer for Sprint ...
June 22, 2013 - BGR News via Yahoo! News
FedEx Acquires Southern African Biz In a move to expand globally, FedEx Corp. is acquiring service provider, Supaswift and its subsidiaries that offer FedEx Express international services in Southern Africa.
June 21, 2013 - Zacks via Yahoo! Finance
Barack Obama in UPI.com There should be no doubt -- the United States and the international community are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,he said.
Hillary Rodham Clinton in National Post The United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,Ms. Clinton said to applause at the AIPAC meeting.
Ken Lewis in AFP Acquiring one of the premier wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies is a great opportunity for our shareholders,Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ken Lewis said in a statement of the 35-million-euro deal....