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US: FTC closes probe into scrapped Williams-ETE merger

By  |  August 18, 2016

US antitrust enforcers said on Thursday that they have formally closed their probe into the now-scrapped merger of Energy Transfer Equity, LP and the Williams Companies.

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    The Federal Trade Commission said that it would have required divestitures in the deal. ETE walked away from the planned merger in June. It was worth more than $20 billion.

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