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Big Tech looks a big winner as UK competition watchdog is jolted to help growth

By Jon Menon and Simon Zekaria ( January 22, 2025, 16:50 GMT | Comment) -- The ousting of the UK competition watchdog's chairman brings the likelihood that it will take a lighter touch in its antitrust and merger decisions. Dedicated new legislation to police Big Tech might become less ambitious as the Competition and Markets Authority implements it this year, with fewer obligations on the companies that are overseen, and they might trigger more dealmaking and more risk.With its chairman's sudden departure, pressure has grown on the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to take a more lenient line in antitrust and merger decisions, signaling a less onerous environment for Big Tech even as a new digital antitrust regime is taking effect....

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