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Mergers and Acquisitions
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China's SAMR to improve merger-control rules to boost private sector, M&A
China's top competition regulator has pledged to boost private-sector investment and M&A activity by optimizing merger-control rules, aiming to further stimulate pr... (more story)
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Dealmakers eying EU M&A get stark warning in subsidy review of UAE telecom buyout
The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE tele... (more story)
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US Senate approves Meador nomination to FTC
Along party lines, the US Senate today confirmed the nomination of Republican Mark Meador to become a member of the Federal Trade Commission.
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The US Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency both approved Capital One’s acquisition of Discover Friday, and the companies said they plan to close the $35.3 billion merger on ... (more story)
Illinois and Minnesota have joined the US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit seeking to block GTCR BC Holdings' $627 million acquisition of Surmodics. The FTC's amended complaint also adds GTCR, LLC as an addi... (more story)
The now defunct Uber Eats and Foodpanda merger has been highlighted as a testament to the effectiveness of Taiwan’s existing regulatory competition framework, even in the absence of ex-ante regulations governi... (more story)
Banks in Australia have requested a dramatic extension of an antitrust-law exemption allowing them to discuss ways to support Linfox Armaguard, the monopoly provider of cash distribution services. In a submiss... (more story)
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today it is "extremely unlikely" that Instagram would have achieved the enormous scale of 2 billion users had Meta not acquired the startup in 2012, an argument striking... (more story)
Supermarket operator Woolworths' application to acquire ready-meals manufacturer Beak & Johnston has been approved by the New Zealand competition regulator. In a statement today, the New Zealand Commerce Commi... (more story)
Omnicom and Interpublic Group have received clearance for their proposed deal from regulators in five countries, including China, CEO John Wren announced in an earnings call today.
The Louis Dreyfus Company has secured the preliminary blessing of the EU's merger watchdog to buy Viterra's oilseed businesses in Hungary and Poland, clearing one hurdle for Bunge Global's $8.2 billion takeove... (more story)
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Global advertising agencies Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, which are trying to combine in a deal that faces scrutiny from the US Federal Trade Commission, were founding members of a now-defunct ad indust... (more story)
Petz and Cobasi’s main rival has made a second effort to participate in the deal review, arguing to Brazil’s competition watchdog that the deal is harmful to a fair competition environment. But the two merging... (more story)
The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE telecom operator Etisalat — known as e& — will fa... (more story)
British Steel’s rescue with the emergency passage of new law on Saturday signals a harder line in the UK government's vetting of buyouts involving Chinese companies in sensitive areas of the economy. The gover... (more story)
Last’s week’s decision of key antitrust official Liza Carver to return to private practice was announced at a delicate time for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, which appears to be close to an... (more story)
When Meta Platforms and the US Federal Trade Commission face off over the next two to three months in a high-stakes antitrust trial, the onus of proving that the social media giant has monopoly power will be o... (more story)
Big Tech gatekeepers are subject to antitrust liability if they inappropriately exercise control over social media platforms and other fora for public discussion, top US Department of Justice and Federal Trade... (more story)
Confident predictions about the future of US competition law enforcement were in short supply during America’s biggest annual assembly of antitrust practitioners last week in Washington, DC.