All systems go for AOL Time Warner after FTC nod

The most arduous legal obstacle facing the biggest corporate merger in US history was swept away on Thursday after Washington's five-member Federal Trade Commission gave its unanimous approval to America Online's $111bn takeover of Time Warner - but with stringent conditions attached in the form of a consent decree.

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