“The Commission has reason to believe that the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot is likely to eliminate beneficial competition that large companies rely on to reduce the costs of office supplies”, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said in a statement issued...
Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock from the British Transport Police said the number of firearms teams had doubled in the past year and they had boosted the number of officers and patrols across the London underground network in response to Saturday’s stabbing.
A month ago, Allergan, which is based in Ireland and has a sizable operation in Irvine, Calif., said it was approached by New York-based Pfizer but cautioned that there was “no certainty” that the “friendly” discussions would lead to a merger.
“I’d thought that for a recovery in the European economy we’d need some bold easing measures, but since Draghi seems to be taking the economic recovery lightly, it’s possible that it could take a turn for the worse for some time”.
More than 10 per cent of Finland’s workforce is now unemployed, rising to 22.7 per cent among younger workers. About 9.5% of Finns are now out of work – the highest rate in more than a decade – and the government believes some people are deterred from working...
Crude oil prices dipped further on Monday after OPEC failed to agree on output targets to reduce a bulging glut that has cut prices by more than 60 percent since June 2014.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday the measure would initially be introduced for only a few weeks, and could be withdrawn altogether if it proved problematic.
The board meetings come amid media reports that Yahoo is considering selling its core internet business, either in addition to or instead of the Alibaba spinoff.
The currency hoard dropped by $87.2 billion to $3.44 trillion at the end of November, from $3.53 trillion a month earlier, according to People’s Bank of China data released Monday, extending this year’s decline to $405 billion.
In a radical step to curb air pollution, the city government yesterday announced that private vehicles bearing odd and even registration numbers will be allowed to ply only on alternate days starting January 1.
Keurig, the maker of single-cup coffee machine maker, said Monday that it has agreed to be sold to private equity firm JAB Holding Co. for about $14 billion.
In the lawsuit filed with the Tokyo District Court on December 7, 50 individual investors are demanding a total of 300 million yen in damages for a plunge in their Toshiba shares due to the scandal.