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Conglomerates are breaking up and sharpening focus. Candymaker Mars is bucking the trend.

by Daniel Ackerman
Aug 15, 2024
As a private company, it's immune to shareholder revolts.
Mars, the family-owned conglomerate behind Skittles, also has hand in pet care and pet food sales.
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Consolidation has made the meat industry vulnerable to crises like COVID-19

by Chloe Sorvino
Dec 6, 2022
In this excerpt from "Raw Deal," author Chloe Sorvino explains how America's meat supply chain became so fragile.
A worker processes meat at an independent butcher in May, 2020, following closures at several major plants due to COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Biden looks to curb the big business powers behind shipping and rail

by Caroline Champlin
Jul 9, 2021
An executive order could spur government regulators to address patterns of consolidation and high pricing.
A fully loaded cargo ship heads out to sea from New York Harbor on August 22, 2016 in New York City.
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The name of the game in West Texas oil and gas these days: consolidation

by Andy Uhler
Dec 22, 2020
The Diamondback-QEP deal demonstrates the urge to merge while energy prices are weak.
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The marriage of AT&T and Time Warner is good to go, apparently.

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Jun 13, 2018
What happens when the internet connection, the channels and the shows are brought to you by one company?
O'Melveny & Myers counsel Daniel M. Petrocelli speaks at a news conference in Time Warner headquarters addressing the latest developments in the AT&T and Time Warner merger on Nov. 20, 2017, in New York City.
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Westfield mall owner agrees to sale

by Aaron Schrank
Dec 12, 2017
Europe’s largest commercial landlord, Unibail-Rodamco, announced plans today to buy the Westfield Corp. for almost $16 billion. Westfield is an Australian company that has 35 mostly upscale malls in prime locations across the United States and United Kingdom. But even the firms behind some of America’s best-performing malls are feeling the pressure from online retailers […]
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U.S. ports are consolidating, as shipping lines have

by Aaron Schrank
Apr 5, 2017
The container-shipping industry is more consolidated than ever. As of this month, the world’s top ocean carriers are now mostly in three major alliances, set to control 90 percent of seaborne cargo. That changes the game for many of the country’s ports, who are themselves beginning to work together.  Click the audio player above to […]
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Why Virgin America is a tempting acquisition

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 29, 2016
After a wave of big-carrier mergers, the smaller guys are consolidating
A Virgin America plane lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 29, 2016 in Burlingame, California. JetBlue Airways and Alaska Air Group are reportedly preparing takeover offer bids for Virgin America airlines.
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What's behind corporate America's merger mania?

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 13, 2015
From tech to beer to energy, deal activity could set a record in 2015.
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