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Article: Three men and a merger.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- December 7, 2008
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Byline: Damon Kitney and Katrina Nicholas and Ingrid Mansell
Dec 07, 2008 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The efforts of Geoff Dixon, ex-head of Qantas Airways, helped bring about the Australian airline's proposed amalgamation with British Airways. The $A8 billion deal would constitute a significant gamble, unlike the merger with an Asian carrier that Dixon would have preferred. Opposition from two small stockholders thwarted Dixon's attempt to hold an $A11 billion private equity takeover of Qantas.
Publication Date: 6 December 2008
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