Smurfit Kappa in $20 billion merger talks with WestRock, reveals the Wall Street Journal

Hacks at the Wall Street Journal have dug out the first big post summer deal scoop.

The WSJ revealed overnight that Smurfit Kappa, which is one of Europe's largest packaging companies and listed on the FTSE 100 index, is in talks to merge with US rival WestRock to create a $20 billion paper and packaging giant...