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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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Bharat Forge has received conditional approval to acquire American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings' Indian subsidiary, AAM India Manufacturing, a key player in commercial-vehicle axles. The Competition Commissio... (more story)
Kingspan has seen EU judges reject a legal challenge over information held by the European Commission in its review of an abandoned merger with Trimo. The lower-tier General Court rejected the appeal as inadmi... (more story)
Global Payments has said it needs competition approvals in the US, EU and UK before it can complete its takeover of Worldpay. The US payments company announced the $24.25 billion deal last week, saying it woul... (more story)
Following last week's federal regulatory approval of Capital One's acquisition of Discover, the California Attorney General's office said "further consolidation in markets that are central to American economic... (more story)
Integrated logistics company Delhivery has proposed acquiring a controlling stake in e-commerce logistics specialist Ecom Express for $168 million, and has sought approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog un... (more story)
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)
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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.