<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>How Deals Work</title><link>https://howdealswork.com/</link><description>Animated explainers of the biggest business deals in history: who bought what, why they paid that price, where the money came from, and what happened next. Run by M&amp;A strategy consultant Erhan Civelek.</description><language>en</language><item><title>AOL and Time Warner: how the smaller company bought the giant</title><link>https://howdealswork.com/episodes/aol-time-warner/</link><guid>https://howdealswork.com/episodes/aol-time-warner/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>How a company with a sixth of the sales bought the giant with its own shares, and where the $98.7 billion loss came from.</description></item></channel></rss>