DOJ requires divestitures in UTC/Raytheon

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27 March 2020

Credit: Pallavi Guniganti

The Department of Justice’s antitrust division has required divestitures in three markets to resolve its concerns about defence contracting giant United Technologies Corporation’s purchase of rival Raytheon.

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