1. Justice Department Suit Fights Domestic Beer Monopoly and Higher Prices
(U.S./Nation)

... move would call a halt to beer company mergers that have occurred essentially without challenge since 1980. Then, there were 48 major breweries; now there are two – Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), the country’s ...

2. An Investment Strategy That Keeps on Working
(Money/Economy)

... though it’s far better than it was 20 years ago.  “Now we have information overload.” His funds also look at bonds in trouble, as well as mergers and arbitrage – which, he added, can be dangerous ...

3. Warren Buffett is right: Soak the rich but more ... 100 percent!
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  There would be no negative impact on capital formation, R&D, mergers and acquisitions, employments, sales, profit margins, etc. And small businesses would not be “damaged” because of higher tax rates. ...

4. What is the best brokerage firm?
(Money/Economy)

... for account size. Differences of less than 4 points, wrote CR, were “not meaningful.” CR also noted that the survey didn’t take into account recent mergers, which may have affected services. For example, ...

5. Worst mistake that investors make
(Money/Economy)

... in general (the S&P 500). It’s a go-anywhere fund, and can invest in stocks, bonds, inside and outside the U.S., liquidations, mergers, distressed debt, and so forth. Minimum is $10,000. Money in the ...

6. Christie proposes legislation to encourage consolidation of N.J. towns like the Princetons
(N.J./State)

... one-time costs of mergers and incentivizing voter-approved consolidations with grants to assist with those expenses. I believe these efforts to consolidate in Princeton can be an example for other municipalities ...

7. Should you ever invest in a new mutual fund?
(Money/Economy)

...  So, what are the fund’s edges? Flexibility. It’s a go-anywhere fund. Inside the U.S., outside the U.S. Big-company stocks, small-company stocks, and in between. Stocks, bonds, liquidations, mergers, ...

8. Where to invest in these gloomy times
(Money/Economy)

... dividends, engage in mergers and acquisitions, make capital expenditures, or hire more workers. The first three would benefit investors, the last two would help the economy. But even in a slow growth ...

9. Jessica Fashano leaves behind a mystery
(U.S./Nation)

... bank's charitable giving program. Ramzi J. Ramsey, a former Citigroup mergers and acquisitions analyst who worked with Fashano, said word of her death came as a "pretty big shock to me, because she honestly ...

10. New Jersey lines are drawn on Gov. Christie’s ‘tool kit’
(Opinion/Commentary)

... consolidation. Such mergers have long been the third rail of New Jersey politics and have never progressed beyond state government encouraging voluntary consolidation. With "home rule" as sacred as ...

11. N.J. Senate President Sweeney calls for more shared public services by local governments
(N.J./State)

... on annual property tax increases, shared services is an important way to hold down government spending but they also noted encouraging public service mergers is not included in Gov. Chris Christie's proposed ...

12. New Jersey businesses called on to serve
(Money/Economy)

... The French firm took over local facilities after a series of mergers in the pharmaceutical industry, but many of its operations and people have been here for decades, she said. Courtney Billington, a ...

13. Christie eliminates 60 inactive state boards and commissions
(N.J./State)

... eliminate approximately 250 entities and over 60 additional recommendations for mergers. Christie said he would review the recommendations and propose legislation to eliminate or merge boards and commissions ...

14. Does Gov. Christie have an overall budget plan for N.J.?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... about there are many more that could be considered, but it would be nice if some of these ideas would be discussed on top of all the talk about mergers and consolidation of services that is currently being ...

15. Fixing the funding model for N.J. colleges
(Opinion/Commentary)

... boards to work together to devise solutions to reduce expenses. Develop realistic accountability measures — not just paper exercises. Implement mergers of functions internally and externally for economies ...

16. Consolidation is key to save New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... exists to push for mergers and to counter the misinformation spread by entrenched local interests. Gina Genovese, the former mayor of 9,000-person Long Hill, has founded Courage to Connect NJ, which is ...

17. Ramifications of Merger
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

What’s heartbreaking is that if you conduct a www.Google.com search on the term ‘college merger’, you will discover that these plans for mergers are rampant across this nation right now…What this means ...

18. Bill promoting economic development tops Thursday's Assembly committee agendas
(N.J./State)

... of an Assembly Democratic reform package signed into law during the last legislative session. The bill (A-2420) eliminates the 10-day waiting period for certain shareholder actions not concerning mergers ...

19. A look at the (difficult) economic year ahead
(Money/Economy)

... real estate prices to rise gradually across the country. Mergers and acquisitions will become more common. So, what might an investor do? Based on these and other themes, MDE suggests, among other ...

20. Academy Award winners don’t guarantee financial success
(Entertainment/Movies)

... mergers and bankruptcy. Suman Basuroy, an endowed associate professor in the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma, first met Ravid in the late 1990s when both taught at Rutgers. Ravid ...