January 30, 2013
Couponing Gets Fashionable In 2013?
You might associate couponing with 60s housewives or a certain TLC show, but couponing is set to get big in 2013. The emergence of mobile couponing combined with a widespread...
January 29, 2013
US: Has Hostess finally found new owners?
A source close to the matter says private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co are close to finalizing a deal to buy Hostess Brands Inc,...
January 15, 2013
US: Previously unknown deal between US Airways, AA comes to...
A previously unheard of proposal made by US Airways Group to AMR Corp – parent company of American Airlines – has recently come to light from unnamed sources. The merger,...
January 10, 2013
US: Wisconsin dairy closing leads to over 100 job cuts,...
An 83-year-old dairy in Wisconsin is closing, resulting in a loss of 113 jobs, and reports are attributing its filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware back to antitrust legislation....
January 07, 2013
Israel: Requested oil merger may bring relief to ATP’s debt...
Oil and gas producer Isramco Ltd. has reportedly requested to buy the rights of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, currently under bankruptcy protection, for more than $40 million. Due to...
November 19, 2012
U.S.: Bimbo out, Hostess’ future buyer remains a mystery
Despite misconceptions that Bimbo SAB is a likely buyer of the bankrupt Hostess, Bimbo CEO Gregory Rayburn said in a television interview that the deal would “never happen” due to...
October 05, 2012
The Proposed Merger of US Airways and American Airlines: The...
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Diana L. Moss, American Antitrust Institute and Kevin Mitchell describe The Proposed Merger of US Airways and American Airlines: The Rush to Closed Airline Systems....
February 07, 2012
Market Vectors Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Funds Top $1 Billion In...
New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that its family of municipal bond Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) recently passed the $1 billion mark in combined assets under management (AUM)....
December 29, 2011
Anticompetitive Regulation in the Payment Card Industry
Ronald Mann, Dec 22, 2011 The payment card industry in the United States has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of...