By Wesley Brown ( July 2, 2026, 15:28 GMT | Insight) -- The percentage of transactions greater than $1 billion continued to rise as second requests dropped, according to an annual Hart-Scott-Rodino report by the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission. The report, which details merger enforcement from Oct. 1, 2024 through Sept. 30, 2025, shows the growing trend of transactions equal to or greater than $1 billion continued while the percentage of deals resulting in issuing a second request fell from three percent in fiscal year 2024 to 2.1 percent in fiscal year 2025.The percentage of transactions greater than $1 billion continued to rise as second requests dropped, according to the 48th annual Hart-Scott-Rodino report by the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission....
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