Producer Merv Griffin and financier Donald J....

Producer Merv Griffin and financier Donald J. Trump said two U.S. agencies have granted early termination of the waiting period for completion of their deal to split up casino operator Resorts International, which Trump controls. Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department waived the 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Other governmental approval must still must be received for the deal, in which Griffin will pay Resorts’ public stockholders $36 a share, or $205 million, for their Class A stock.