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Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may have to give up more control of U.S. beer distribution or even sell a brewery to settle an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. to block its $20.1 billion takeover of the rest of Grupo Modelo SAB.
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Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. may face antirust obstacles in its bid to acquire NYSE Euronext, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, two law professors said.
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Bank of America Corp., the lender burdened by its Countrywide Financial Corp. takeover, would consider putting the unit into bankruptcy if litigation losses threaten to cripple the parent, said four people with knowledge of the firm’s strategy.
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Apple Inc.’s best defense against accusations it conspired to fix e-book prices may turn on its absence from meetings in Manhattan restaurants where publishing executives allegedly worked out the scheme.
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A judge’s rejection of Google Inc. ’s bid to create the world’s biggest digital library will reinforce demands by company detractors for a federal antitrust investigation into its business practices, legal analysts said.
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NYSE Euronext has become one of the stock market’s biggest winners in 2011, helped by speculation of a bidding war for the 219-year-old bourse.
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The U.S. lawsuit seeking to block AT&T Inc.’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. was joined by seven states as their attorneys general said the proposed $39 billion deal would hurt competition and raise wireless telephone prices.
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Google Inc. , operator of the world’s biggest search engine, faces possible antitrust probes by Ohio and Wisconsin over its business practices, according to a state official and a person familiar with the matters.
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Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Greifeld says his plan to purchase NYSE Euronext offers $300 million more in cost savings than Deutsche Boerse AG’s proposal.
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AT&T Inc. may be running out of options to win regulatory approval for its proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, forcing AT&T to choose whether to drop the bid or endure months of litigation with the U.S. government.
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