Sandwiched between those years was 20th-century America’s longest run of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, lasting from 1974 to 1989. Mature companies were seeking to rekindle their growth through new business combinations, and takeover artists were ...

Carl H. Lindner Jr., Founder of American Financial, Dies at 92 Mr. Lindner, who never finished high school, was chairman of American Financial, a Cincinnati-based financial holding company that had more than $17 billion in ...