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#Merger

Events indexed under #Merger — 17 entries in the record.

17 events From Aug 1, 1997 To Aug 7, 2025 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
2025-08-07	Skydance-Paramount deal closes with contentious FCC regulatory conditions 4 src Paramount Global · Federal Communications Commission		confirmed
2025-07-24	FCC Approves Skydance's Acquisition of Paramount/CBS 4 src Federal Communications Commission · Skydance Media · Paramount Global		confirmed
2020-05-08	AbbVie Completes $63 Billion Allergan Acquisition: Pharmaceutical Industry Consolidates Into Oligopoly 3 src AbbVie · Federal Trade Commission		confirmed
2020-04-03	Raytheon-United Technologies Merge Creates $135 Billion Defense Giant, Consolidating Industry Power 4 src Raytheon · Greg Hayes · Department of Justice		confirmed
2019-11-15	Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes $74 Billion Celgene Acquisition Despite FTC Concerns 3 src Federal Trade Commission		confirmed
2018-06-07	Bayer Completes $63 Billion Monsanto Acquisition: Agricultural Seeds and Chemicals Consolidate Into Big Four Oligopoly 3 src Monsanto · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division · European Commission		confirmed
2016-10-10	Anheuser-Busch InBev Completes $107 Billion SABMiller Acquisition: Beer Industry Consolidates Into Duopoly 3 src Department of Justice · Antitrust Division		confirmed
2014-02-19	Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19 Billion to Dominate Messaging Market 4 src Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · WhatsApp · Federal Trade Commission		confirmed
2013-12-09	American Airlines-US Airways Merger Creates Airline Oligopoly: Big Four Control 75% of Market 3 src American Airlines · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division		confirmed
2008-10-29	Delta-Northwest Merger Approved: Beginning of Airline Industry Consolidation Wave 3 src Department of Justice · Antitrust Division		confirmed
2008-04-13	Google Acquires DoubleClick for $3.1B, Creating Advertising Monopoly 4 src Google · Federal Trade Commission		confirmed
2006-12-29	AT&T Completes $86 Billion BellSouth Acquisition: Bell System Reassembled After 1984 Breakup 3 src Federal Communications Commission		confirmed
2004-12-13	Oracle Completes PeopleSoft Acquisition for $10.3 Billion After Defeating Antitrust Challenge 3 src Oracle · Larry Ellison · PeopleSoft		confirmed
2000-05-03	FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations 4 src Viacom · FCC Federal Communications Commission		confirmed
2000-01-11	AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History 4 src FCC Federal Communications Commission		confirmed
1998-09-30	NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank 4 src Federal Reserve · Department of Justice		confirmed
1997-08-01	Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly 3 src Boeing · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense		confirmed