Originally Posted by
MTOP
The U.S. government hasn't stopped a merger in forty years.
From the Washington Post website:
"The US Airways-United Airlines $12.3 billion merger plan collapsed on July 27, 2001, after the Department of Justice said it would sue to stop the deal."
I would consider that the U.S. Government did in fact stop a potential merger.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...air/index.html