Over the past year, the Justice Department has blocked a combination of media goliaths Comcast and Time Warner Cable and the Federal Trade Commission stymied plans to link up food service giants Sysco and US Foods. Treasury tripped up a tie-up between Pfizer and its Irish pharmaceutical rival Allergan. Last September, the Pentagon warned defense contractors that further mergers could raise costs to taxpayers and stifle innovation, and on April 15, President Obama issued an executive order ordering all agenc
Source: As Obama’s term winds down, crackdowns on mergers speed up – The Washington Post