BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese automakers Nissan Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. confirmed Wednesday that they are discussing closer collaboration but denied reports they have decided on a merger.

Albertsons announced on Dec. 11, 2024, that it had called off an attempted merger with Kroger and would sue Kroger for breach of contract. The US$25 billion deal, first announced in 2022, would have combined Cincinnati-based Kroger, already the largest traditional U.S. supermarket chain, with Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons, which is currently the third-biggest grocer.

Norah Sis and Kendra Wait hoped to break a streak stretching back decades. But in a battle of two top-10 teams, Creighton University’s volleyball team lost another one to the University of Nebraska.

Creighton head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth put it bluntly in a post-match press conference: “We’re mad, OK?”