Keeping things on ICE: The Tipline for 31 August 2023

31 August 2023

Everyone from Wall Street to Main Street has their eyes on the Federal Trade Commission. That raises the stakes for yesterday’s closed commission meeting regarding a non-public law enforcement matter. Did the commissioners vote out a case against Amazon? Approve remedies to ICE/Black Knight or Amgen/Horizon Therapeutics? Sue to block Kroger/Albertsons or NuVasive/Globus Medical? Whatever it is, let's just hope it is not issued hours before Labour Day weekend – or worse – is a consumer protection matter.

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Take two: The Tipline for 30 November 2023
If at first you don’t succeed, merge, merge again. The Obama Administration thwarted insurance mergers involving Cigna and Humana but it seems the companies want to pick another fight with the Department of Justice. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the insurers are in talks to combine, in what would be the largest merger of the year, with both companies already trying to sell off competing assets.
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