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Comment: 2013 FTC statement looms large in agency's Staples-Office Depot investigation

By Jeff Bliss and Flavia Fortes ( September 10, 2015, 16:48 GMT | Comment) -- As the Federal Trade Commission sees whether it has a case to challenge the Staples-Office Depot deal, it must determine whether the transaction is fundamentally different from the 2013 Office Depot-OfficeMax merger that the agency approved.As Federal Trade Commission staffers weigh whether they have a case strong enough to challenge the proposed Staples-Office Depot merger, an agency statement issued more than 20 months ago looms large in the deal’s ultimate fate....

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