AUS: ACCC loses latest Metcash legal battle
By: Sam Webb | 1 December 2011
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) bid to stop Metcash's takeover of fellow retailer Franklins has been quashed.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) bid to stop Metcash's takeover of fellow retailer Franklins has been quashed.

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