Only seven working days remain in the Biden administration, but US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan still hopes to ...
"It's humbling to realize what we've achieved in such a short time, and this extraordinarily level of impact from this small ...
Shares of grocery retailer Albertsons rose Wednesday morning after the company reported better third-quarter earnings than ...
During the heyday of American antitrust rulings, from the 1930s to the ’70s, few industries faced as much scrutiny as the ...
In a major victory for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Biden Administration, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the $25 billion merger between grocery giants Kroger (KR ...
Several prominent mergers and acquisitions have been blocked or challenged by the Biden-Harris administration in 2024, ...
“Albertsons is accusing Kroger of not doing enough to complete the deal, indicating communication from both the FTC and Albertsons was ignored. Not sure this was the case or even if the lawsuit ...
But the FTC could look very different under President-elect Donald Trump. What does that mean for the Kroger-Albertsons merger going forward?
The FTC sued in February to halt on antitrust grounds downtown Cincinnati-based Kroger’s (NYSE: KR) plans to buy Boise, Idaho-based rival Albertsons (NYSE: ACI) in a deal involving the nation ...
The FTC sued along with attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia. Colorado, like Washington, sued on its own to block the deal. Kroger defended the deal, saying it would ...
The grocery store operators had said they’d be able to cut prices by combining, but regulators and courts disagreed. Now they ...