F.T.C. to Sue in Bid to Halt Food Merger
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The F.T.C. said that the merger between Wild Oats and Whole Foods would lead to higher prices in markets where the chains compete.
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The country's largest food suppliers, including Kraft Foods, H.J. Heinz and Dole Food, facing congressional food-safety proposals that could cost them millions of dollars a year, proposed yesterday to grant the government more oversight of the industry.
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Whole Foods Market Inc.  and Wild Oats Markets Inc.  on Tuesday said a preliminary injunction hearing into antitrust authorities' bid to block their $565 million merger will be held on July 31.
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A Japanese trust bank on Thursday sued UFJ Holdings Inc., one of the nation's top four banks, to block its planned merger with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a move that would create the world's largest bank.
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Parmalat sued its former auditors  Deloitte & Touche and Grant Thornton on Wednesday, broadening a  legal battle to claw back billions of euros from ex-allies the  food group says helped drive it into insolvency.
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Supermarkets say they will "vigorously" fight claims they colluded with dairies to fix the price of dairy products.
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An organization of restaurants across the state sued the city Friday, asking a court to outlaw a new city regulation that would require some eateries to list calorie counts on their menu boards, right next to the price.
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Procter & Gamble Co  said on Monday it sued Kraft Foods Inc.  because it claims a new plastic container for Kraft's Maxwell House coffee infringes a patent for P&G's Folgers coffee.
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By Bangkok Post, Thailand  Jun. 25--The protracted dispute over telecom access charges is nearing a  climax with a decision by Telecom to pay access charges to TOT Plc and in turn  sue True Move and DTAC, the two mobile operators that hold CAT concessions.
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U.S. antitrust authorities said on Tuesday they would file suit to block Whole Foods Market Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of rival Wild Oats Markets Inc.  on grounds that the deal would hobble competition in the market for natural and organic groceries.
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Takeover target National Foods came in for a stinging attack yesterday from Fonterra strategy director Graham Stuart. In an aggressive move aimed at lowering market expectations of what Fonterra
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The Federal Trade Committee has filed a complaint in federal court asking that two Internet advertising and software firms be shut down. The FTC made the filing last Thursday and will hold a press conference on the matter tomorrow.
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Business & money: Â· Wild Oats' online critic unmasked as rival's chiefÂ· Consumer agency lawsuit threatens $565m merger
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- A federal court will on July 31 begin a preliminary injunction hearing on U.S. antitrust authorities' bid to block Whole Foods Market Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of rival Wild Oats Markets Inc. , the companies said.
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Leading food manufacturers stand accused of using tactics to push foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children.
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Whole Foods Market Inc.   and Wild Oats Markets Inc.  on Tuesday said a  preliminary injunction hearing into antitrust authorities&#39; bid  to block their $565 million merger will be held on July 31.
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LONDON, August 18 (New Ratings)  The insolvent Italian dairy food product company, Parmalat Finanziaria SpA (PAF.FSE), filed a lawsuit against its former auditors, Deloitte &amp; Touche and Grant Thornton, today, seeking damages of at least $10 billion.