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There's something about Mario
News When European regulators derailed the General Electric-Honeywell merger three years ago, American investment bankers joked that they'd found a new bogeyman: Mario Monti, the region's top antitrust enforcer.
[March 24, 2004, 14:30]
E-learning is a win-win technology
News Three years ago, 20 percent of the 1,600 engineers at Honeywell's ACS Global Training Services were distance learners. Honeywell is using PlaceWare technology that allows subject matter experts to blend PowerPoint presentations with audio input...
[February 18, 2003, 10:42]
MS faces tougher battle in Europe
News The EU's decision to block the proposed $43bn merger of General Electric and Honeywell on Tuesday due to antitrust concerns is a sign of renewed vigour on the part of regulators, said Peter Alexiadis, an antitrust attorney with Squire, Sanders and...
[July 4, 2001, 10:36]
China and India power Asian growth
News Last month, aircraft-electronics maker Honeywell decided to move its regional headquarters from Singapore to Shanghai. Customer proximity and China’s significant presence in the region were reasons cited by Honeywell China’s chairman and president...
[August 7, 2003, 13:20]
EU approves HP-Compaq merger
News Last year, the commission blocked GE's $43bn bid to acquire Honeywell, despite earlier approval from US regulators. Just last year, the (US Department of Justice) approved the Honeywell and General Electric merger, but the EC rejected it.
[February 1, 2002, 8:48]
EU extends Oracle-PeopleSoft probe
News In the General Electric and Honeywell International case, the Department of Justice had approved the merger, but the European Commission rejected the deal, signalling the first time the commission had blocked a merger between two US companies.
[November 18, 2003, 9:45]
The Day Ahead: B2B execs upbeat
News But Honeywell was impressive. Russ McMeekin, president of Honeywell's e-business unit, laid out the goals and stats for myplant.com, myaircraft.com and myfacilities.com. All are e-hubs focused on Honeywell's core businesses.
[June 2, 2000, 11:05]
KPMG takes top spot in IT Anthems
News Honeywell has a song, "Our vision is one Honeywell", which boasts an unheard of level of clichés-per-minute, and is a hot tip to oust KPMG in future weeks. KPMG's corporate anthem, called "Our Vision of Global Strategy", has knocked McKinsey...
[April 12, 2002, 17:17]
EC extends Google-DoubleClick probe again
News One exception to that was General Electric's mega-merger proposal to acquire Honeywell International in 2001. General Electric and Honeywell eventually withdrew their merger plans, marking the first time the European Commission had blocked a merger...
[November 14, 2007, 7:15]
ZigBee keeps wireless network buzzing
News The ZigBee Alliance, including Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi, Motorola and Philips, is working on a specification that targets building automation and home automation with low-cost, low-power devices that are expected to last several years on...
[February 17, 2003, 13:50]
Linux software locks down industrial infrastructure
News Moreover, unlike Honeywell, Siemens and many other companies in the industrial application market, Verano doesn't build its products on top of a special version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, but on a security-enhanced Linux (SELinux...
[June 11, 2003, 7:32]
Tech consortium to focus on sensors
News The Sensor Network Consortium, which the school announced on Tuesday, has already signed up an impressive member list that includes oil giant BP, thermostat maker Honeywell, chipmaker Intel and defence contractor Textron Systems.
[December 1, 2004, 8:20]
Microsoft millionaire opens wallet for ZigBee start-up
News A number of major IT companies are involved in ZigBee, including Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi, Motorola and Philips. Ember, a start-up that is developing chips for ZigBee -- the low-cost, low-power wireless networking standard -- received $25m...
[October 1, 2004, 14:20]
Email for all on Virgin Atlantic
News Last April, Seattle Lab linked arms with aircraft equipment maker Honeywell in a similar pact. Virgin Atlantic Airways is giving all passengers access to email and the Web from the skies. The European commercial airline on Monday said it is working...
[March 26, 2001, 16:15]
Europe asserts its right to regulate
News Europe's changing role in competition regulation was first recognised about three years ago, when the EU's Competition Bureau disapproved General Electric's proposed merger with Honeywell -- a move that came after US regulators had already signed...
[June 11, 2004, 10:40]
US casts doubt on EU's Microsoft decision
News Hostilities erupted after the European Union vetoed the proposed General Electric-Honeywell merger, which US regulators had already approved. The US State Department has quietly expressed its concerns to European regulators about last week's...
[March 31, 2004, 8:45]
EC delays Oracle ruling till June
News The commission did so with the proposed deal between General Electric and Honeywell, and the Justice Department did so with the Microsoft-Intuit merger. European antitrust regulators aren't expected make a final decision on Oracle's $9.4bn takeover...
[May 5, 2004, 17:10]
HP-Compaq to run antitrust gauntlet
News Outside the high-tech sector, European regulators earlier this year surprised General Electric and Honeywell by blocking their proposed $43bn merger, which had been approved in the United States. The merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq...
[September 7, 2001, 10:45]
Intel: Taking the Internet to Mars, and beyond...
News Companies such as Johnson Controls and Honeywell currently manufacture sensors that monitor heat, humidity, temperature and other environmental factors. Intel's vision for "proactive computing" -- in which remote sensors will feed information about...
[December 4, 2002, 9:18]
A tale of two cases
News But concerns about Europe's perspective on antitrust issues arose in the United States in 2001, when the European Union rejected the merger of General Electric and Honeywell, which had been approved by federal authorities.
[March 24, 2004, 15:10]
