Few mergers have frothed up the waters like the America Online-Time Warner Inc. deal of 2000. Dealmakers and analysts fell over themselves praising or damning the deal, depending on their persuasion.
Never at a loss for words, Ted Turner succinctly summed up his feelings at the time by announcing the deal "was better than sex."
Turns out Turner was not as lustful about the hookup as previously thought. Appearing on the now-canceled "Conversations with Michael Eisner," Turner revealed he may have been kissing to be clever when he made those sexy remarks:
Few mergers have frothed up the waters like the America Online-Time Warner Inc. deal of 2000. Dealmakers and analysts fell over themselves praising or damning the deal, depending on their persuasion.
