SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - November 2024": * * * Area prices were down 0.1 percent over the past month, up 2.4 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.1 percent in November, the U.S. Bure  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 12 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that a federal judge has halted the merger of Kroger and Albertsons, finding that a legal challenge to the merger is likely to succeed on the merits. Kroger and Albertsons are the largest supermarket chains in the country, and the proposed merger presented a significant risk of reduced competition and higher food prices   more