California Backs Merger of 2 Giant Blue Cross Plans
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Anthem and Wellpoint Health Networks finally won approval from CaliforniaÂs insurance commissioner for their $16.4 billion merger.
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LOS ANGELES California&#39;s insurance regulator has dropped his objections to a 16-point-four (b) billion dollar deal to create the nation&#39;s largest health insurance company.
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The proposed merger could result in significant cost savings to Wall StreetÂs largest firms.
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The California Nurses Association, one of the nation's largest unions of registered nurses, announced yesterday that it was affiliating with the AFL-CIO to join the labor federation's campaign for universal health insurance.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote &#36;3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in what would be the biggest-ever state-supported scientific research program in the country.
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N and Golden West   Financial Corp. GDW.N easily won shareholder approval on   Thursday for their merger, which would combine the   fourth-largest U.S. bank with the No. 2 U.S. savings and loan.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Two big stores are preparing for a mega-merger. Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. have decided to join forces.
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Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi dropped his objection to Anthem Inc.&#39;s purchase of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. after the companies agreed to spend $265 million, more than double their previous commitment
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By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News  Dec. 14--The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it won't  vote on AT&T Inc.'s merger with BellSouth Corp. at its Dec. 20 meeting, making  it unlikely the telecommunications mega-merger can be approved by the end of  the year.
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LOS ANGELES/PHILADELPHIA  - California's insurance  commissioner on Tuesday ended his opposition to Anthem Inc.'s  ATH.N proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of WellPoint Health  Networks Inc. WLP.N after Anthem agreed to hike its funding  of state health projects.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's universal health coverage plan came one step closer to law Sunday.  At the Republican state party convention the governor's proposals twice survived potentially fatal attacks by the conservative wing, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
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NEW YORK, November 10  - California&#39;s insurance commissioner has approved the proposed $16.5 billion merger between Anthem Inc (ATH.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System, the nation&#39;s largest public pension fund, plans to double to $2 billion its hedge fund investment, widely seen as a risky neighborhood of the investment world.
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U.S. antitrust authorities approved  plans by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.   on Monday to acquire CBOT Holdings Inc. , saying the  proposed combination of the two largest U.S. futures markets  probably would not hurt competition.
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The UK's two biggest co-operatives agree terms of a merger that would form the world's largest such group.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Shares of health care insurers got another shot Tuesday, largely due to the expected merger of WellPoint Health Networks and Anthem.
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Shareholders of Chicago Mercantile  Exchange Holdings Inc.  and CBOT Holdings Inc.   on Monday voted convincingly to merge the two giant futures  exchanges under one roof.