David Mclaughlin
AT&T cleared by judge to buy Time Warner, create media giant
NEW YORK - AT&T Inc. was cleared by a judge to take over Time Warner Inc. in an $85 billion deal that the mobile-phone giant...
Cigna to draw antitrust scrutiny amid health care deal wave
NEW YORK – Cigna Corp.’s proposed deal for Express Scripts Holding Co. faces a drawn-out merger review as the Trump administration’s antitrust enforcers weigh the competitive...
CVS-Aetna deal may hinge on antitrust approach under Trump
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp.’s $67.5 billion takeover of Aetna Inc. will test the Trump administration’s approach to far-reaching corporate takeovers, just weeks after...
Flynn admits to lying, says Trump team knew of his Russia...
NEW YORK - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents and is providing cooperation that promises to take...
CVS-Aetna deal could mean end of era in how drugs are...
NEW YORK - If Aetna Inc. is eventually swallowed by CVS Health Corp., an important part of the health care business will be changed...
Rhode Island to receive $3M in EpiPen settlement
NEW YORK - Mylan NV’s $465 million settlement of a U.S. case that claimed the drugmaker defrauded taxpayers by misclassifying its allergy-shot EpiPen product...
6 arrested in R.I. as part of $1.3B health care fraud...
NEW YORK - More than four hundred people were charged in a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud that cost taxpayers $1.3 billion, in...
Aetna gets December date to make last push for Humana merger
WASHINGTON - Health insurers Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. will go to trial on Dec. 5 in defense of their planned $37 billion merger,...
Mattel, Hasbro would face rising antitrust worry over mega deals
WASHINGTON - A merger of Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc., which would unite two of the biggest toymakers, would need to win approval from...
Media general to sell stations to settle LIN antitrust case
WASHINGTON - Media general Inc. will sell a group of television stations to settle U.S. claims that its $1.5 billion purchase of LIN Media...
