1. He split the company in half, and then sold both new companies to different buyers. 2. ...a plan to split the company into its constituent parts and sell them separately. 3. But then RHM came up with a bid-defeating plan to split the company in three. 4. And he ordered that the company be split in two, an order he later shelved pending appeals. 5. Atwater said that splitting the company into two businesses would allow General Mills to link executive compensation more closely with stock performance. 6. Auto-related companies were split. 7. A survey by Battalia Winston International, an executive search firm, found companies split on the issue. 8. Already, Microsoft is warning that consumers will suffer if the company is split up. 9. But the Bell companies themselves became split between hardliners and those willing to strike a deal. 10. But the court also struck down an order splitting the company in half and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings. |