The merger of these two companies in 2000 was the first of the decade's many major corporate mergers and buyouts.

• Disney and ABC
  In the biggest corporate deal ever (at that point, anyway), AOL bought Time Warner for $164 billion in January 2000.
• Time Warner and AOL
  In the biggest corporate deal ever (at that point, anyway), AOL bought Time Warner for $164 billion in January 2000.
• Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs
  In the biggest corporate deal ever (at that point, anyway), AOL bought Time Warner for $164 billion in January 2000.
• Yahoo and Microsoft
  In the biggest corporate deal ever (at that point, anyway), AOL bought Time Warner for $164 billion in January 2000.
• Time Warner and Microsoft
  In the biggest corporate deal ever (at that point, anyway), AOL bought Time Warner for $164 billion in January 2000.
• IBM and Apple
  In the biggest corporate deal ever (at that point, anyway), AOL bought Time Warner for $164 billion in January 2000.