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Kongsberg's notification inaugurates Australia's new mandatory merger regime
Norwegian aerospace giant Kongsberg Gruppen is behind the first deal to have been notified under Australia’s mandatory and suspensory regime, with the technology gr... (more story)
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Antitrust enforcers Alford, Rinner fired by US DOJ
Roger Alford and William Rinner, two top enforcers in the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, were fired yesterday following weeks of tensions with agenc... (more story)
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CK Hutchison eyes Chinese investor for port deal amid China merger review pressure
CK Hutchison confirmed today that its exclusive negotiation period with a BlackRock-led consortium for the sale of its global port operations has expired, and that ... (more story)
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China’s antitrust review of Keysight Technologies’ planned acquisition of Spirent Communications has been paused for several weeks as the 180-day review deadline approaches, MLex has learned. The State Adminis... (more story)
Charter Communications and Cox Communications pulled their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification paperwork and will refile with the US antitrust enforcers today, Charter told MLex.
The review of a land deal designed to kick-start Kongsberg’s development of an Australian missile facility is expected to be followed by a fresh land-lease probe, suggesting the new mandatory-notification regi... (more story)
Democratic US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren are pressing American Express Global Business Travel and CWT Holdings to disclose their use of lobbyists and political consultants following the D... (more story)
Olivier Guersent, then director general of the European Commission's competition department, unsuccessfully lobbied in February to increase by 2 million euros the institution's annual budget for competition po... (more story)
Greater flexibility for the deal-value threshold is warranted to protect small Indian companies from global tech giants. A parliamentary committee report warned that the current fixed threshold of $240 million... (more story)
Representatives from Brazil’s executive and legislative branches, along with major rival Petlove, raised concerns over a potential approval of the merger between Petz and Cobasi, the two leading companies in B... (more story)
The US Justice Department supports the US Department of Transportation’s tentative decision to not renew antitrust immunity for the alliance between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico, according to a comment submi... (more story)
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The compromise permitting UnitedHealth Group to acquire rival home healthcare and hospice service provider Amedisys shows both US federal and state enforcers are willing to give flexibility to dealmakers looki... (more story)
As the EU revamps its foreign investment screening rules, a clash is brewing over who gets to assess security risks and which sectors should be covered. Lawmakers want to give the European Commission more powe... (more story)
Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)
Primary Health Properties has been served with a freeze order as the UK antitrust regulator reviews its planned 1.79 billion-pound acquisition of rival British medical infrastructure provider Assura. But there... (more story)
Lobbying the White House or pitching the US Attorney General promise to become standard practice for companies seeking merger approval as the administration of US President Donald Trump reshapes merger law enforcement.
The chief of the Polish antitrust authority believes the resilience of European companies and markets ought to be the prime concern for European policymakers, taking priority even over the bloc’s environmental... (more story)
Mario Draghi prescribed a radical solution for Europe’s ailing telecom industry: market consolidation to cure chronic profitability and investment problems. But the economics that underpin the figures in his 2... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority’s review of Grupo Bimbo’s proposed acquisition of Wickbold has entered a new phase of scrutiny, with CADE issuing a fresh round of competitors' queries that may prolong the ... (more story)