Virginia Law & Business Review

07/02/2015

http://nyti.ms/1JxAcnK

The inquiry, which appears to be in its early stages, is a marked shift for a Justice Department that in November 2013 cleared the way for the merger of American Airlines and US Airways.

06/08/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/business/dealbook/syngenta-monsanto-second-2nd-takeover-bid-rejected.html?ref=dealbook&_r=0

The latest offer from the American company added a $2 billion breakup fee if regulators balked, but the Swiss manufacturer called the bid inadequate.

05/29/2015

http://nyti.ms/1FG5S64

The invisible hand of Netflix has been at work influencing policy and proposed mergers in the cable, broadband and media businesses.

05/20/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/business/dealbook/5-big-banks-to-pay-billions-and-plead-guilty-in-currency-and-interest-rate-cases.html?_r=0

Traders, including some who called themselves “the cartel,” colluded to manipulate the foreign exchange market.

05/12/2015

You've got merger! Verizon buys AOL for $4.4 billion http://cnnmon.ie/1IvItYy

Verizon is buying AOL for about $4.4 billion, or $50 a share, the companies announced Tuesday.

03/25/2015

The merger will create the fifth-largest food and beverage company globally, with Heinz controlling 51 percent and Kraft shareholders owning the rest.

03/03/2015

Under a government crackdown on for-profit schools that leave students with useless credentials and punishing debt, some colleges have converted to nonprofits, in lucrative deals.

02/13/2015

The number of recalled vehicles in 2014 exceeded the total for the previous three years combined.

02/07/2015

So long Radio Shack and thanks for all the coaxial cables

As part of the long-expected bankruptcy, Sprint and the hedge fund Standard General have struck a deal to buy 1,500 to 2,400 of the retailer’s company-owned stores in the United States. Sprint is expected to run special “store-within-a-store” departments in up to 1,750 of them.

02/03/2015

Technology giant Apple is expected to raise at least $5bn by issuing bonds despite sitting on a cash pile of $178bn.

01/26/2015

A court ruling that sharply curtailed the ability of prosecutors including Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to pursue insider trading cases is increasingly testing regulators' abilities across the country.

01/19/2015

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