Albertsons Shareholders Set to Receive $4 Billion Dividend

Albertsons

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Cos. is set to pay a $4 billion dividend to its shareholders after fighting opposition for months from attorneys general who tried to block it, as the supermarket operator works to seal a merger with rival

Kroger Co.

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Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons said the dividend would be paid Friday to shareholders who held the stock at…