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Patrick Industries, LCI Industries refile HSR; now set to expire Oct. 9 September 10, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Patrick Industries and LCI Industries pulled their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification forms with the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice on Sept. 4 and refiled with the antitrust age... (more story)

Merging US railroads lack proof their deal won't harm rail passengers, group claims September 10, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Forecasts offered by Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway to demonstrate that their proposed merger won't harm commuter and leisure train riders have failed to allay concerns at the Rail Passeng... (more story)

MMG's nickel deal threatens EU's steel industry, CoreX CEO warns September 10, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

An MMG takeover of a nickel mine in Brazil will lead to the raw material being diverted from European stainless steelmakers to Chinese rivals, according to the CEO of a Turkish miner and rival bidder. He said ... (more story)

UPM, Sappi to make case for graphic-paper venture at EU hearing on Tues September 10, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

UPM and Sappi are set to counter EU objections to their €1.42 billion plan to merge their graphic paper businesses in Europe at closed-door hearing next Tuesday, MLex has learned. Last month the European Commi... (more story)

Airbus-Leonardo-Thales JV a model EU 'industrial champion,' Von der Leyen says September 10, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Plans by Airbus, Leonardo and Thales to pool their space activities is “precisely” the kind of scale that Europe’s merger reform is designed to facilitate, according to the European Commission's president. “Ou... (more story)

Coles lease-block decision by Australian watchdog backed by independent retailer September 10, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

O’Connor Fresh IGA, an independent grocery retailer in Western Australia’s Kalgoorlie, said the Australian competition regulator’s decision to block Coles Supermarkets Australia’s proposed Kalgoorlie store lea... (more story)

Fox-Roku deal faces in-depth US DOJ antitrust review September 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Fox and Roku have received a second request from the US Department of Justice over their proposed $22 billion deal, extending the antitrust review of a transaction that would bring together Fox's media assets ... (more story)

Goodwin's sale of defense assets to Cerberus needs UK security clearance September 09, 2026 | Jon Menon

UK engineering and manufacturing group Goodwin has said that its sale of defense assets to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, for as much as £1.1 billion, will need national security clearance fr... (more story)

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Von der Leyen's blessing for EU satellite 'champion' raises due process concerns September 10, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Ursula von der Leyen's honeyed words for a joint venture between Airbus, Leonardo and Thales on Thursday was an exceptional intervention that will trigger concerns over respect for the European Commission's no... (more story)

Victory over Booking spells EU warning for tech-platform deals September 09, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Dominant companies will cast a worrisome eye over their M&A plans following an EU court ruling on Wednesday that could curb any expansion that calcifies an already uncompetitive market. Booking’s failure to ov... (more story)

Saipem and Subsea7 see EU review derail merger timeline September 08, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Jean Comte

A recent decision by the European Commission to pause its ongoing review of the intended Saipem7 deal is putting an end to any expectation that the deal could close by the end of the year — the official date f... (more story)

Union Pacific disputes US need for competition enhancements to close merger September 03, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski and Curtis Eichelberger

Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway are challenging the US Surface Transportation Board's authority to condition their proposed merger on measures intended to promote competition, arguing that ... (more story)

Nvidia's Hugging Face openness pledge identifies US, EU antitrust fault line September 03, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Andrew Boyce

Nvidia’s promise to preserve Hugging Face as an open, hardware-neutral platform anticipates what is likely to become the central issue in the antitrust reviews of its $12.93 billion acquisition: whether the do... (more story)

US CFIUS on-site mitigation inspections drop to historical average under Trump September 03, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Companies and investors subject to US national security agreements are facing fewer on-site inspections under President Donald Trump, as his administration scales back a Biden-era expansion of mitigation overs... (more story)

New EU merger approach's pro-scale promise faces early test with upcoming deals September 03, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

A string of transactions is set to test EU policymakers' claims that the bloc's new merger guidelines will aid dealmaking and help foster European companies with sufficient scale to invest in innovation, compe... (more story)

US FTC's oil-deal probes under Biden buoy consumers’ private price-fixing claims September 02, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

Biden-era US Federal Trade Commission investigations of the Exxon-Pioneer and Chevron-Hess merger deals have backed up private price-fixing claims brought by consumers against shale oil producers and two previ... (more story)