2015 Event A pending merger between telecommunication giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable is canceled after regulators indicate that there are concerns regarding competitive and public interest issues 2015 Event H.J. Heinz Co and Kraft Foods Group Inc. will merge to form the third-largest global food company, Kraft Heinz Co.; the merger will be financed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann's 3G Capital 2014 Event Burger King Worldwide Inc. will purchase Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons Inc. and move its headquarters to Canada; Burger King will pay a little over $11 billion in U.S. dollars, and the merger will create the third-largest global fast food company 2014 Event Time Warner, Inc. may be offered $75 billion by Twenty-First Century Fox in a proposed merger deal that would create the world's largest media company; Time Warner rejected an earlier proposal by Fox 2014 Event Atlanta-based Birch Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond announce their merger; Birch will pay approximately $323 million, with Cbeyond stockholders receiving up to $10 per share 2014 Event The menswear industry consolidates as Men's Wearhouse announces a merger with JoS. A. Bank Clothiers 2013 Event An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways 2011 Event A $28 billion merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission 1985 Event RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco 1977 Event NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs 1966 Event President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger 1966 Event NFL and AFL announce their merger 1951 Event Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ 1944 Event NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves 1943 Event NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves 1929 Event Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union and Lever Bros
