The Federal Trade Commission and eight states said Monday they are suing to block ... The FTC charged the deal will eliminate “fierce competition between Kroger and Albertsons “leading to ...

Antitrust regulator The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Monday to kill Kroger's proposed $25 billion takeover of rival grocer Albertons. The FTC claimed the deal would hurt supermarket ...

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block ... Kroger and Albertsons, saying the $24.6 billion deal could result in higher prices for millions of American consumers. The FTC filed ...

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Oregon, the FTC said the deal would lead to higher food prices and harm union workers’ bargaining power, and asked a court to block the companies from ...

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to block Kroger ... FTC’s federal court complaint. Once the FTC sues to block a merger, both sides make their arguments regarding whether the deal ...

The FTC and a group of attorneys general have sued to block the merger of Kroger and Albertsons. In a news release, the federal agency said the deal would result in higher prices for grocery ...

Kroger sued the ... to face a trial where the FTC has asked a federal judge in Portland, Ore., to temporarily block the merger while its in-house judges review the deal. Kroger called the tribunal ...

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit today to block Kroger Co.’s planned $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons ... merger,’” the FTC said in the release. The deal would ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is suing to block the merger of Kroger and Albertsons ... blocking the deal "will actually harm the very people the FTC purports to serve ...

Update 1pm: Adds more details from lawsuit, Kroger comment. The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit to block ... meeting was about the Albertsons/Kroger deal. The FTC's complaint "alleges ...