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Time Warner Board Backs AOL Spinoff

May. 28, 2009
The move comes eight years after the companies merged in a multibillion-dollar deal that came to symbolize an entire era in American business.
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler