The travel reservation company agreed Monday night to be sold to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group.	Although the company?’s organizational chart will slightly change, it does not mean the bank?’s strategy will.	Standard & Poor?’s made at least 48 changes to a report on a utility company?’s financial health, at the company?’s request, before releasing the document.
There?’s a lot of talk about tourism that minimizes your impact on the environment while giving back to the community, but talk is cheap.	The president of Verizon Communications, Lawrence T. Babbio Jr., will step down by the end of the first quarter of 2007.	Sales will be $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion, compared with an October forecast of $3.46 billion to $3.75 billion, because of lower revenue from handsets.