With a judge rebuking the FTC's legal tactics, it now looks more likely that Staples will successfully acquire its smaller competitor. S&P 500 +---% | Stock Advisor +---% Join ...

On Monday, Staples sent Office Depot's board of directors a proposal to acquire "100% of the issued and outstanding common stock" of the company for $40 per share, which it says represents a 61% ...

Thomas Stemberg, whose inability to buy a printer ribbon on a holiday weekend led to the conception of Staples, the office-supply­ superstore he co-founded in 1985, died Oct. 23 at his home in ...

Staples and Office Depot are in advanced talks to combine, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a major step toward consolidating the retail market for pens, paper and ...

The two largest office supply vendors will need to go it alone after a judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission. S&P 500 +---% | Stock Advisor +---% Join The Motley Fool. Accessibility ...

If Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples become one company, it's unclear whether there would be any store closures or name changes. Staples did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.

Several years passed before personal computers reached the mainstream market. 3D printers might get there sooner. Two major retailers - Staples and Office Depot - recently joined a growing list of ...

Judge Emmet Sullivan heard the closing arguments in the government’s antitrust challenge to the proposed Staples/Office Depot $6.3B merger on Tuesday.