On January 10, 2000, one of the largest, most powerful mergers was announced to the world. Media giant Time Warner will join forces with the Internet superstar, America on Line. The $183 billion dollar deal is the biggest in history. In the recent past, there has been a wave of merger-mania, both in the United States and in Europe. The merger of the Millennium is between America on Line and Time Warner. The AOL Time Warner deal represents …showed first 75 words of 1564 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1564 total…remain successful. This, I believe, is the trend for the new millennium and it is a trend that will become a new way of doing business. Bibliography Sources: Businessweek Jan 24, 2000: "Welcome to the 21st Century" "The Big Grab" "The Great Irony of AOL Time Warner" Jan 31, 2000 "Burying the Hatchet Buys a Lot of Drug Research" The Economist "The Record Industry Takes Fright" "The Net Gets Real" Time "The Big Deal" Wall Street Journal Assorted articles