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Boeing McDonnell Douglas Merger

June 30, 1997 As Verdict predicted last month, pressure from Airbus and European anti-trust authorities appears to have forced Boeing [...]

Jun 30, 1997
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Boeing: EU threatens Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger

The exclusive buying contracts with American, Delta, and Continental Air Lines threaten the Boeing merger with McDonnell Douglas.  Depending on [...]

May 28, 1997
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FTC: Courts will approve Staples/Office Depot Merger

May 28, 1997 According to highly regarded anti-trust lawyers, there was no basis for the FTC action blocking the merger [...]

May 28, 1997
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Pfizer, Warner Lambert, and now P&G

Verdict researched the legal issues raised by Warner Lambert and AHP against Pfizer extensively before Procter & Gamble became involved. [...]

Jan 24, 2000
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Will Justice block airline & telephone mergers?

June 9, 2000 Competition between anti-trust enforcement agencies usually gets tougher at the end of each  Administration because senior anti-trust [...]

Jun 9, 2000
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WSJ: Court Approves AMR’s Bid To Buy TWA

March 13, 2001 By SUSAN CAREY and SCOTT MCCARTNEY Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AMR Corp. won bankruptcy-court [...]

Mar 13, 2001
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WSJ: United & US Air May End $4.3 Million Merger

July 3, 2001 United Airlines and US Airways confirmed they are in talks to terminate their $4.3 billion merger agreement, [...]

Jul 3, 2001
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