Originally Posted by
ComairFO
http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/11/news...ce=yahoo_quote
Looks like February has been set as a deadline, to allow time for the deal to be approved during our current presidential administration. Therefore, at a minimum it looks like 9 months from the time a deal is announced until things get interesting. However, if this drags on past February, a year and a half is not out of the question. Hope this helps.
Beat me to it! It can be a lengthy process, which is why the so called experts expect something to be announced by Feb. if it were to be approved before the changining of the guards.