Business
Office Depot to acquire OfficeMax in $1.2-billion stock deal
Feb. 20, 2013
The stock prices of Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax Inc. surged Tuesday on word that the companies are contemplating a merger to better compete against Staples Inc.
Feb. 19, 2013
World & Nation
Stocks of Office Depot and OfficeMax surge on merger speculation
The Federal Trade Commission is challenging the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot, and the office supply companies say they plan to contest that decision.
Dec. 7, 2015
The U.S.
Nov. 1, 2013
Trade Commission gives go-ahead to Office Depot, OfficeMax merger
Activist investment firm Starboard Value LP called for a merger between office supply companies Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. in a letter Tuesday.
Jan. 20, 2015
Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. said Tuesday that they were scrapping their planned $6.3-billion merger after a federal judge blocked the deal, saying the government had made the case that the combination probably would hurt competition in office supplies.
May 10, 2016
Mergers: Panel says compromise pact wouldn’t resolve antitrust issues. Firms’ executives express shock.
April 5, 1997
Office Depot Inc. said it will resume an aggressive expansion and renovation plan this year and next after a slowdown connected with last year’s failed merger with Staples Inc.
April 8, 1998