Illinois Attorney General, Other AGs Ask Albertsons to Delay Shareholder Payout

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and five other attorneys general have asked supermarket chain Albertson’s to delay paying nearly $4 billion to shareholders until the group can complete a review of Albertson’s proposed merger with Kroger. Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery store chain and owner of Mariano’s, earlier this month announced an agreement to buy Albertsons, the country’s second largest...