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Verizon US FCC clearance shows how culture war shapes Trump merger reviews
Telecom giant Verizon Communications’ proposed $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications was cleared today by the US Federal Communications Commission afte... (more story)
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Broadcom under scrutiny in China for potential breach of merger promises
Broadcom is facing scrutiny from China's antitrust regulator over allegations that the US chipmaking giant violated key pledges it made to secure Chinese approval f... (more story)
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Omnicon-Interpublic deal raises antitrust concerns in Australia, New Zealand
The regulatory reverberations of Omnicom Group’s proposed $13.25 billion acquisition of the Interpublic Group of Companies has reached Australia, where the competit... (more story)
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Representatives of a coalition of unions, telecom providers, and business and consumer advocacy groups opposing T-Mobile's planned acquisition of UScellular met with a policy advisor for US Federal Communicati... (more story)
Prosus has received the go-ahead from UK competition regulators for its plan to take over European food delivery platform Just Eat Takeaway.com, as well as Canadian clearance, it said today. Prosus, which owns... (more story)
Antitrust watchdogs in the EU and the UK will soon be able to work together more closely after negotiators concluded talks on a formal cooperation deal. A summit today confirmed an end to negotiations that sta... (more story)
Indonesia’s transport workers are calling on the country’s antitrust agency to block any potential merger between super app platforms Grab and GoTo, warning that such a deal would create a monopoly in the onli... (more story)
Mars has filed its $35.9 billion takeover of snack maker Kellanova for EU competition approval. The European Commission has set a June 25 deadline to decide on the deal.
Witnesses that Meta Platforms will call in a monopolization trial are its “own self-interested executives” who “cannot erase” the clear statements made in the social media giant’s own contemporaneous documents... (more story)
Dairy companies Milcobel and FrieslandCampina are in pre-notification discussions with the European Commission about their intended tie-up, which they hope to complete by year-end, a spokesperson for Friesland... (more story)
American Axle Manufacturing said that filings to gain antitrust approval for its acquisition of car-parts maker Dowlais Group are “on track” and reaffirmed its commitment to the deal as global tariffs bring un... (more story)
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A commitment by Nippon Steel to invest $11 billion through 2028 in an effort to gain US approval for its merger with US Steel came after discussions with the Trump administration, but no agreement was reached ... (more story)
A bidding battle for Assura, a UK real estate company that invests in doctors’ clinics, has brought the potential involvement of the UK antitrust regulator to the fore. Primary Health Properties on Friday rais... (more story)
Telecom giant Verizon Communications’ proposed $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications was cleared today by the US Federal Communications Commission after a lengthy review. The FCC published its off... (more story)
DICK's Sporting Goods is a US sporting equipment retailer selling everything from bikes and water bottles to golf clubs and footwear, while Foot Locker is a global retailer that gets almost all its revenue fro... (more story)
Coming changes to merger law in the UK will formally restrict the competition regulator’s ability to block deals and cement a less interventionist approach more broadly, in line with the Labour government's do... (more story)
Andrew Leigh has been reappointed as Australia’s competition minister, with added responsibility for boosting the workforce’s weak productivity gains in recent years. In an interview with MLex, Leigh said stro... (more story)
US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador described his competition law enforcement philosophy as “neutral and fair,” meaning neither hostile nor obsequious toward business. Meador promised to find a middle gr... (more story)
A federal appeals court ruling last week in favor of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision underscores the obstacles to contesting vertical mergers in US courts. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit d... (more story)