Tag: buying

  • Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying Foot Locker for $2.4 billion

    Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying Foot Locker for $2.4 billion

    Alina Selyukh Athletic retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods plans to buy Foot Locker, the seller of shoes in many a shopping mall, for about $2.4 billion. Dick’s is the largest sports retail chain in the U.S. It’s been on strong financial footing, but it doesn’t have reach outside the country. Foot Locker, for its part, has…

  • Biden blocks Nippon Steel from buying US Steel

    Biden blocks Nippon Steel from buying US Steel

    US President Joe Biden has formally blocked the takeover of US Steel by a bigger Japanese company, saying foreign ownership could pose risks for national security. The controversial decision comes a year after Nippon Steel first announced the $14.9bn (£12bn) deal, describing it as a lifeline for its smaller Pennsylvania-based rival. But the transaction soon…