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Combined group will have sales of $83bn and 40m customers
Efforts to thwart Lidl and Aldi with price cuts add to pressure on supermarkets
Leading US stock indices retreat despite energy group’s 7% climb
Government referral of 2003 merger was bizarre and devastating
Sir Ken Morrison says he bought £6m shares in supermarket rival
With consolidation, the US supermarket sector is making sense
Valuations of messaging systems rise
Activist investor is seeking more juice from the grocer
US supermarket chain has filled its basket and looks uniquely placed for any future consolidation
A week of phones and M&A deals or both if you’re Vodafone
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