A Houston company that owns 53 Jewish funeral homes completed its acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, the second-largest provider of funeral services in the United States.
Standing in front of an empty coffin carrying signs reading “I can’t afford to die,” leaders of the Washington Jewish community staged a protest outside the offices of the Federal Trade Commission urging it to protect Jewish burial from an expected rate hike following a planned merger of two funeral conglomerates.
Antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary inquiry into Google’s recent acquisition of online mapping service Waze, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.