date:Aug 28, 2014
e benefits of vigorous competition when selling sows, said Bill Baer, assistant attorney general for DOJ's antitrust division.
The two companies combined buy about 35 percent of all sows sold in the United States.
Tyson's share price rallied on the approval, rising as much as 2 percent before closing at $37.71, up 1.5 percent. Hillshire closed near steady at $62.96.
But about 10 minutes before the Justice Department announced the deal, the share prices of both companies dropped sharply and th