The Justice Department is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would reshape the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and readers.

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Staking out a populist stand ahead of the midterm elections, President Barack Obama on Thursday demanded "economic patriotism" from U.S. corporations that use legal means to avoid U.S. taxes through overseas mergers.

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NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved the merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications Inc., the No. 4 and No. 5 cellphone carriers in the country. The Justice Department cleared the merger last week, meaning that ...

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While mergers and acquisitions in Maryland fell 31 percent from the previous quarter and 40 percent from the corresponding period last year, one local company has continued to make nine-figure deals.

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Hagerstown-based tech company acquired Network Connectivity Solutions Corp. (NETCONN), a Hagerstown-based company that provides cloud computing and enterprise services to Department of Defense agencies, has been acquired by General Dynamics. The Fairfax, Va., defense conglomerate will add NETCONN to its ...

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Recent federal guidance should remind health care organizations to evaluate the antitrust laws carefully when considering a merger with an actual or potential competitor. The federal Clayton Act prohibits firms from merging with competitors (that is, merging horizontally) when the ...

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Although the estimated $7.9 billion acquisition of Constellation Energy Group by Exelon Corp. was the quarter’s biggest mergers-and-acquisition deal, for the last three months it has been all about real estate. According to data compiled by Bloomberg Financial exclusively for ...

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The deals kept on flowing in the first quarter of 2011 as the number of mergers and acquisitions in Maryland increased over the final three months of 2010, driven by big ticket sales including the steel plant at Sparrows Point ...

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Whether it was increased optimism about the economy or uncertainty about changes in the tax law, the market for buying and selling companies remained strong during the final three months of 2010. The number of mergers and acquisitions involving Maryland ...

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Big deals are a big deal again. From Caterpillar to Chevron to Google, some of the best-known names in corporate America are scooping up smaller companies, finally putting the piles of cash they’ve been sitting on to use and positioning ...

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