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Office Depot to buy OfficeMax for $1.17 billion in stock

By David Welch and Matt Townsend, Bloomberg | February 20, 2013

Office Depot Inc. agreed to buy OfficeMax Inc. for $1.17 billion in a bid to revive a retailer that has been losing sales to online rivals and Staples Inc., the largest U.S. office-supplies chain.

Oil moves higher on bullish inventories, Algeria attacks

By Phil Flynn | January 17, 2013

Oil supply surprisingly fell yesterday as a drop in Saudi Production and a shutdown of the Seaway Pipeline for expansion took a toll on U.S. imports.

SEC’s window for fraud suits may be narrowed by high court

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg | January 8, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled it may tighten the time limits that apply when the Securities and Exchange Commission and other government agencies seek to impose fines on people and companies accused of fraud.

Google free to extend web search lead as U.S. FTC ends probe

By Eric Engleman, Sara Forden and Brian Womack, Bloomberg | January 4, 2013

Google Inc. is free to extend its dominance of the $50 billion Internet-search market after U.S. regulators ended an investigation into whether the company unfairly disadvantaged competing websites

Ackman’s Pershing Square cleared to invest in Procter & Gamble

By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee | July 13, 2012

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square hedge fund has been given clearance by the Federal Trade Commission to make an investment in Procter & Gamble, clearance that is required before making a large investment in a company.