Kroger's $25-Billion Deal for Grocery Rival Albertsons Blocked by US Courts By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -A U.S. judge blocked the pending $25-billion merger of U.S. grocery chains Kroger and ...

News on Friday that the U.S. job market continued to cool but remained ... in the poll taken after the jobs data expected a 25 bps reduction at the Dec. 17-18 policy meeting, taking the federal ...