by Beth Holmes | Nov 14, 2022 | Companies
The Washington Attorney General has filed a lawsuit to block Albertsons from offloading $4 billion to shareholders before the review of their upcoming merger. Albertson Companies Inc, which owns grocery store chains Albertsons, Safeway, Haggen, Kings, Tom Thumb, Vons,...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | Companies, News
Ticketmaster and Live Nation should not have been allowed to merge, according to an antitrust suit put before the Justice Department. In 2010, live events organizer Live Nation and online third-party ticket-seller Ticketmaster merged to become Live Nation...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 12, 2022 | Companies, News
One Medical may be bought by Amazon, pending an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. One Medical is a concierge-type medical service, a sort of primary care that replaces insurance with flat membership fees. A subsidiary of 1Life Healthcare Inc., One Medical...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 15, 2021 | Companies, News
A publishing merger is possibly about to violate American antitrust laws, according to the U.S. Justice Department Penguin Random House, the largest American publishing company and largest publishing company in the world, is in talks to buy Simon and Schuster, the...
