Menendez Aided Donor in Failed Bid to Prevent Merger

By Kent Cooper

Posted March 22, 2013 at 9:11am

When Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. President Raul Alarcon Jr. wanted to block the merger of two corporate rivals, he found an ally in Robert Menendez. See Bloomberg article.

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