Bloomberg Williams Cos. said Energy Transfer Equity LP is breaching a merger agreement “through a pattern of delay and obstruction” and asked a court in Delaware to prevent the pipeline operator from terminating the deal. Energy Transfer — which offered $43.50 a share, or $37.7 billion, for rival Williams in September — said May 5 that the multibillion-dollar takeover …

  SANTO DOMINGO / AP Dominicans faced a dizzying array of choices on Sunday in one of the most complex ballots in recent history, with eight candidates for president, all 222 members of Congress up for re-election and thousands of people vying for local offices around the country. For many voters it amounts to a referendum on whether to let President …

  Bloomberg GN Store Nord A/S, the world’s third-largest listed producer of hearing aids, signed a conditional agreement to buy Audigy Group LLC in a deal that could value the U.S. audiology and hearing services company at as much as $151 million. GN will pay $91 million up front and as much as $60 million more depending on Audigy’s financial …