FTC Reprises Winning Strategy In Staples Merger Challenge

By Melissa Lipman ( December 8, 2015, 9:52 PM EST) -- The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit Monday challenging Staples' $6. 3 billion bid for rival Office Depot took a page from the antitrust enforcer's playbook in a successful challenge to a merger of two major food distributors, focusing again not on consumer prices but on what the deal means for large businesses that buy office supplies by contract. . . .

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