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A Vertical Merger in a “Horizontal” Market: Court Rejects FTC’s Challenge to Tempur Sealy’s Acquisition of Mattress Firm
On January 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request ...
The FTC’s antitrust litigation theatrics are damaging to businesses and consumers
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent challenge to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has been rejected by a federal court ...
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FTC's Bid to Stop Mattress Merger Put to Rest
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) failure to obtain a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s $4 billion proposed acquisition of ...
When Does It Make Sense for a Company to Pursue Vertical Integration?
Reviewed by Khadija Khartit Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Vertical integration makes sense as a strategy, as it allows a ...
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Antitrust Should Not Crack Down Harder On Mergers
The resulting business uncertainty and likelihood of ... (3) Underscore the strong presumption that vertical mergers (mergers involving firms at different levels of the distribution chain, such ...
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How to Navigate a Vertical Merger after the ATT and Time Warner Ruling
Citations: McCareins, Mark. 2019. How to Navigate a Vertical Merger after the ATT and Time Warner Ruling. Kellogg Insight.
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Methods of expansion - external (inorganic) growth
An example of a merger would be that business A ... Image caption, Forward vertical integration occurs when a business takes control of another business that operates at a later stage in the ...