Ahold owns Stop & Shop and Giant stores. Credit Christopher Lane for The New York Times. The merger agreement between the Dutch supermarket operator Ahold and the Delhaize Group of Belgium on Wednesday reflected yet another sign of the malaise hanging over the grocery business in the United States.
(ALICO) to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion in cash and MetLife stock. Bloomberg L.P. reported on March 29 that after almost three months of delays, AIG had completed the $500 million sale of a portion of its asset management business, branded PineBridge Investments, to the Asia-based Pacific Century Group.
But even the president has to save money. Obama has about $3.4 million in treasury bills and about $300,000 in college funds for his daughters, as well as $90,000 in a State of Illinois pension fund, according to Forbes.