Mergers articles
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Lawsuit seeks to stop Alaska-Hawaiian merger
A consumer antitrust lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Hawaii seeks to stop the acquisition of the 95-year-old Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines on the grounds that the merger would result in higher fares, fewer flights, job losses, and cause injury to Hawaii’s economy.
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Treasurer has eyes on mandatory company merger regime
Businesses seeking to merge will have no choice but to notify the national competition regulator first under sweeping changes the government wants to introduce. The reworked merger rules will put corporate marriages primarily in the hands of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and ditch the voluntary disclosure scheme in favour of a mandatory regime. […]
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Antitrust lawsuit aims to stop Alaska-Hawaiian merger
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- A federal antitrust lawsuit has been filed to stop Alaska Airlines’ buyout of Hawaiian Airlines. Always Investigating explains what's at stake. It’s not just the Department of Justice that can sue to block mergers on antitrust grounds. Any affected consumer can, and that's exactly what eight passengers have done today in federal []