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Judge opines on the messy Wild Oats (OATS) buyout
Antitrust is always tough to predict. The laws are sketchy -- and markets can change quickly. Besides, politics can play a big role. That's why the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s antitrust lawsuit -- on the Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) and ...
The FTC wants to bring back Wild Oats
How do you de-merge two companies? The FTC thinks that the marriage of Wild Oats and Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) was anti-competitive. Too much concentration in the high-end organic food retail business.
The FTC brought charges against Whole Foods to ...
Before the bell: AAPL, WFMI, OATS, GOOG, MSFT ...
Main market news: Trying to extend Friday's rally Apple 2.0 is examining Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) advertising schedule. Specifically it examines the correlation between Apple ads for its products, in this case the iPhone, vis-a-vis its press ...
Judge won't block Whole Foods acquisition of Wild Oats
In spite of John Mackey's most self-destructive efforts at getting the merger he wanted so badly blocked,. it appears that it will go through. Although the FTC says it will appeal, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) appears poised to acquire rival ...
Whole Foods acquisition of Wild Oats may be blocked by FTC: Monopolistic organics?
Pretend we're still living in the 1960s for a minute, and imagine someone warning of a monopoly on organic and natural food. Everyone around laughing and pointing... Now cut to 2007 and the headline in the Wall Street Journal: "The FTC plans to file ...
Organic grocery wars get heated: will Whole Foods fix a broken Wild Oats?
I've been in love with natural foods grocers since I was a little girl, when Fred Meyer opened a little mini-store dedicated to raw peanut butter, tofu, wheat germ and a dozen different kinds of bulk grains. The store had candy bars made out of honey ...
Earnings-hungry Whole Foods misses by 3 cents, devours Wild Oats
Whole Foods Markets, Inc (NYSE:WFMI) announced at 4:03 pm -- a couple minutes after its 4:01 pm earnings report -- that it's acquiring competitor Wild Oats Markets (NYSE:OATS) for $18.50 a share, or about $565 million, plus debt. This represents an ...
If forced to dump Wild Oats, Whole Foods (WFMI) could see shares soar
If a new legal ruling forces Whole Foods to reverse its Wild Oats buy-out, WFMI shares could soar.
A federal appeals court has decided that the FTC's challenge of the merger between Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) and Wild Oats should have gone forward. ...
What will the combined Whole Foods-Wild Oats mean for Wal-Mart & Target?
As was reported by several of us here at Blogging Stocks a few weeks ago, Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFMI)looks to purchase one of its largest competitors, Wild Oats (NASDAQ:OATS). This has been the speculative rumor in the niche grocery ...
Whole Foods CEO determined to do himself in -- electronically
The CEO of Whole Foods Markets Inc. (NYSE: WFMI) is proving to have an ability, rare among CEOs, to hang himself with his electronic words. The Wall Street Journal reports that between January 2000 and last August, John Mackey used the name "Rahodeb" ...
Whole Foods Market talks settlement with FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has temporarily suspended its antitrust challenge to Whole Foods Market's (NASDAQ: WFMI) 2007 acquisition of Wild Oats to allow the company to explore settlement possibilities. David Wales, the chief competition enforcer ...
Whole Foods: 'A great buy'
With concerns over an economic slowdown and its proposed takeover of Wild Oats, Paul Tracy now believes that Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI) is "cheaper than at any time in years."
The editor of StreetAuthority Market Advisor notes, "Its ...
Whole Foods CEO: Talk of eliminating threat was just 'macho posturing'
The FTC has sued to block Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI) acquisition of Wild Oats (NASDAQ: OATS) on anti-trust grounds, and has compiled some pretty compelling evidence that Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wanted the deal for anti-competitive reasons.
In ...
Whole Foods in a battle for organic domination
As Peter reported yesterday afternoon, Whole Foods Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI) is prepared to acquire its rival, Wild Oats Markets (NASDAQ:OATS), for $18.50 per share. It will mark the 19th and largest acquisition for Austin-based WFMI in its history. ...
Money Losers of 2007: Whole Foods CEO John Mackey
When a corporate executive begins to embrace the communication medium known as blogging, the world is generally a better place. In general, executives who blog are free from marketing censors and fluff that masks most corporate information -- from ...
Closing Bell: Dubai sends jitters throughout the market (S, BBY)
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