Business
In a new sign of the increasing militancy of large pension funds, the California Public Employees Retirement System on Tuesday asked 22 of the largest companies incorporated in Pennsylvania to withdraw from that state’s far-reaching anti-takeover law.
May 30, 1990
In a move some industry analysts said will likely kill the proposed $42-million acquisition of Swedlow by PPG Industries, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it plans to seek a court order to stop the deal.
Dec. 18, 1985
In a move some industry analysts said will likely kill the proposed $42-million acquisition of Swedlow by PPG Industries, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it plans to seek a court order to stop the deal.
Over-the-counter trading in Swedlow Inc.’
Dec. 19, 1985
Continuing a challenge of a Federal Trade Commission suit blocking its acquisition by PPG Industries, Swedlow Inc. said Tuesday it will file a proposal in federal court within the next week, seeking to allow PPG to proceed with its $42-million purchase of Swedlow’s stock while preserving Swedlow as a separate company.
Feb. 26, 1986
Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries reported that net income for the final quarter of 1985 declined 10% from the like 1984 quarter.
Jan. 23, 1986
The Federal Trade Commission, claiming the deal would substantially lessen competition for making and selling aircraft windshields and canopies, asked a U.S.
Jan. 7, 1986
Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries Inc. said it has sued Clorox Co. of Oakland over PPG’s September acquisition of Clorox’s two paint subsidiaries for $130 million.
March 15, 1990
Enhanced Imaging Technologies Inc. has agreed to buy most of the biomedical systems division of PPG Industries Inc.
Dec. 23, 1993
PPG Industries has announced the sale of PPG Hellige B.V., its medical electronics operation in Best, the Netherlands, to Drager Nederland B.V.
Nov. 14, 1989