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The supermarket supermerger heads to court

The supermarket supermerger heads to court

Update: 2024-08-26
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The trial weighing the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two grocery titans, begins today. We’ll explain what the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history could mean for everyday shoppers and why the federal government wants to put a stop to it. Plus, we’ll get into the latest of Boeing’s woes: its Starliner spacecraft. Can the company’s failures teach us something about the business of spaceflight? And, SpaceX is ready to launch a mission for the first-ever commercial spacewalk.


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The supermarket supermerger heads to court

The supermarket supermerger heads to court

Marketplace / Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams