The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is expected to raise national security concerns about selling the iconic steel producer to Japan’s Nippon Steel.
Category: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
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Nordstrom Family Offers $3.8 Billion to Buy Its Namesake Retailer
The $23-per-share offer by the department store’s founding family comes as retailers struggle to navigate new shopping trends and costly real estate.
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Hewlett Packard to Pursue $4 Billion Claim Against Mike Lynch’s Estate
The money is tied to a lawsuit in Britain by the tech services giant over its acquisition of Autonomy, the software firm Mr. Lynch founded. He died last month.
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When Property Investors Want Out, These Bargain Hunters Rush In
Investment firms are raising record sums for real estate secondary funds that cut private deals to buy assets from investors who can’t otherwise exit.
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Edgar Bronfman Jr. Drops Pursuit of Paramount
Mr. Bronfman has frantically put a bid together over the last week even as Paramount raised questions about his financing.
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Kroger and Albertsons Confront a Skeptical F.T.C. in federal court
The Federal Trade Commission, which is trying to block Kroger’s plan to acquire Albertsons, said in court that the merger of grocery giants would also hurt workers’ pay and benefits.
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A Trial Asks: If Grocery Rivals Merge, Do Workers Suffer?
As Kroger seeks to acquire Albertsons, federal regulators argue that the biggest supermarket combination in history will hurt not only consumers, but workers as well.
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Nippon Steel’s $15 Billion U.S. Steel Takeover Bid Is in Peril
The proposed merger of Japanese and American industrial giants, which proponents say would benefit both countries, is ensnared by political and labor opposition.
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Who Is Edgar Bronfman Jr., Paramount’s 11th-Hour Suitor?
His bid to buy Paramount pits one son of a billionaire against the son of another.
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7-Eleven Is a Hard Target for Couche-Tard to Land in Takeover Bid
Convenience stores are a part of the country’s culture, meaning that the foreign buyout bid for 7-Eleven, the largest chain, could be a hard sell in Japan.