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Avianca Merges With TACA. Colombian Avianca and Central-American, El Salvador based TACA have finalized their merger agreement to unite as one Latin-American airline company, keeping the two brands. The merger has been approved by antitrust and regulatory bodies.
Merger of Verizon and MCI, Inc. (âMCIâ) The merger of Verizon and MCI became effective on January 6, 2006 with an exchange ratio of .5743 shares of. Verizon common stock and a cash payment of $2.738 for each share of MCI common stock owned. Fractional. shares resulting from the merger were paid based on a price of $31.35 per share of Verizon common stock.