3.04.2008

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CHICAGO TRIBUNE - United Technologies Corp. made public Sunday an unsolicited $3 billion bid for Diebold, one of the largest makers of automated teller machines and voting machines.

[From UNDERNEWS: WAR CONTRACTOR MAKES BID TO TAKE OVER AMERICAN ELECTION COUNTING]

United Technologies, says the Project on Government Oversight, ranks among the top ten companies for misconduct by government contractors.


Read more at Undernews .


Update: According to this morning's New York Times:



Diebold said Monday that its board had rejected an unsolicited $2.64 billion takeover bid from the United Technologies Corporation, a diversified manufacturer.




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