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Federated-May Talks Back On

Wall Street Journal says merger negotiations have resumed

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19 years ago

February 18, 2005

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The Wall Street Journal reports the on-again, off-again merger talks between Federated Department Stores (Cincinnati) and May Department Stores (St. Louis) have resumed.

The Journal — which two days earlier ran a story saying negotiations between the two retailers had apparently ended — is now reporting the talks are back on and “are reaching a more serious stage.” The two sides have been negotiating via phone, the Journal reports, and were about $2 a share apart on a deal price.

A Federated-May marriage would create America's largest upscale department store chain, with about 1000 stores and revenues of more than $28 billion.

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