DOJ economist: merging companies are robust rivals

Charles McConnell

27 April 2017

Credit: iStock/tzahiV

An economic expert for the Department of Justice’s antitrust division yesterday detailed a relationship of thriving competition between merging nuclear waste disposal companies EnergySolutions and Waste Control Specialists.

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Charles McConnell

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