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Name the worst corporate merger in history
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LordMorpheus
Diamond Member
TWA with whatever the hell airline bought them. No planes fly out of saint louis anymore. I think northwest bought them . . they swore to keep the hub city status, but they cut it back to almost nothing before the ink was dry on the papers. Whores.
imported_Strang
Platinum Member
Disney does seem to have run ABC into the ground and ESPN has gone downhill a bit since the merger (although maybe they would've gone that way anyway).
AOL TW was the worst.
Biggest loss of shareholder value in history.
Plus, the two companies had little to offer each other. Hardly any synergies.
The CEO of TW was stupid to believe AOL was actually worth what it was trading for at that time. He must have forgot his beancounting 101.
Biggest loss of shareholder value in history.
Plus, the two companies had little to offer each other. Hardly any synergies.
The CEO of TW was stupid to believe AOL was actually worth what it was trading for at that time. He must have forgot his beancounting 101.
cronos
Diamond Member
first of all, this hasn't happened yet (at least it's not yet finalized), so how can it be bad?
secondly, i think it's going to be a great merger (or acquisition, whatever you want to call it) if it is run properly, for Cingular as well as for customers of both companies (coverage, service, plan, etc).
What? Me hate oil companies? No, I don't have hatred towards them. I just think that they made a very big mistake merging. Each of them had their own great strategies. Now, that they've merged and the pool of competition has gotten smaller, there's little incentive to compete.
A very large portion of my investments are in oil stocks.
Triumph
Lifer
The merger of Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central was probably one of the worst mergers ever. To make a comparison, you have to remember what a huge role the railroads played in this country over the last 150 years. PRR and NYC were the mainstays throughout that period, and this country would be nothing like what it is today without them. And they were huge rivals; so much so that individual CEO's on either side hated each other on a personal level. This would literally be like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs merging, or Intel and AMD, or DSS merging with digital cable. Actually, I don't think those mergers would even compare.
Penn Central was formed in 1968. They didn't turn a profit until 1984!
Penn Central was formed in 1968. They didn't turn a profit until 1984!
PlatinumGold
Lifer
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