Tag: Mergers and acquisitions

A state's experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons' deal with Kroger

Lawyers for Washington state will have past grocery chain mergers – and their negative consequences – in mind when they go to court...

Authorities arrest a relative of the King of Jordan and 3 others for $1M insider-trading plot

MIAMI -- Authorities charged four men, including a relative of the King of Jordan, for conspiring to make insider stock trades on a...

Stakeholder in Trump's Truth Social parent company wins court ruling over share transfer

DOVER, Del. -- A federal judge in Delaware has ruled in favor of a firm seeking assurance that it will be able to...

White House signaling it will likely stop Nippon Steel's plans to buy US Steel

WASHINGTON -- The White House is signaling an openness to blocking the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, as a government review...

The CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons are in court to defend plans for a huge supermarket merger

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The chief executive officers of Kroger and Albertsons were set to testify in federal court Wednesday, midway through a three-week...

Hedge fund Elliott Investment Management steps up pressure on Southwest Airlines' management

DALLAS -- Elliott Investment Management, a hedge fund urging Southwest Airlines to dump its CEO and chairman, said Tuesday it has acquired enough...