Alltel Agrees to be Acquired.

BUSINESS; SALE of business enterprises; STRATEGIC alliances (Business); DRUGS; GENERAL Electric Co.; SABIC (Company); SALESFORCE.COM Inc.; GLAXOSMITHKLINE

The article presents updates on the business sector. General Electric inks deal to sell GE Plastics unit to Saudi Basic Industries Corp. Salesforce.com and Google are in talks for an alliance that could help them compete better against Microsoft. GlaxoSmithKline says it disagrees with the New England Journal of Medicine article that reported Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline's drug to treat type 2 diabetes, has increased risk of death from heart problems by 64% and risk of heart attack by 43%.