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Comment: Facebook-Kustomer deal shows EU and UK regulators diverge, in telling sign for the future

By Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst ( October 1, 2021, 14:39 GMT | Comment) -- Facebook’s early UK approval for its Kustomer deal may bolster its defenses in the EU's merger probe, given that UK investigators had no serious concerns on much the same issues. It could be an early example of a dynamic that's likely to recur post-Brexit: What happens when investigators looking at the same merger from either side of the English Channel veer off in different directions?Facebook’s early UK approval for its Kustomer deal may bolster its defenses as it endures other ongoing merger inquiries — especially the EU probe, given that UK investigators looked at substantially the same issues but identified no real concerns....

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