Campeau Corp. filed a lawsuit in the...

Campeau Corp. filed a lawsuit in the Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Del., seeking to block Allied Stores’ agreement to be acquired by the nation’s largest mall developer for $3.55 billion . . . The Transportation Department has sought a legal opinion on whether People Express can be considered a “failing company” in order to expedite government approval of its acquisition by Texas Air Corp. . . . Alhambra-based Santa Fe Braun Inc. has opened a new international operations office in the United Kingdom . . . Transamerica Airlines sold two Boeing 747 jetliners to Beverly Hills-based International Lease Finance Corp. for $126 million . . . The Investment Company Institute reports that the assets of the nation’s 367 money-market mutual funds rose $2.9 billion in the week ended Oct. 8.