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ANA-Nippon Cargo deal sets new record for China's review suspension
China's antitrust regulator has approved ANA Holdings' acquisition of Nippon Cargo Airlines with conditions, following what appears to be the longest review suspens... (more story)
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Australia's final merger rules clarify threshold calculations, review fees
As Australia's new merger-control system comes into effect today on a voluntary basis, the government has finalized the regulations underpinning the new regime, pro... (more story)
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Schlumberger-ChampionX $7.8 billion global merger approved in Australia
More than a year after it was first announced and following two delays, global oilfield-services provider Schlumberger has secured approval from Australia’s competi... (more story)
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The Brazilian competition authority is reviewing the BTT Telecomunicações S.A. (BTT) — part of the Grupo Tecpar — proposed acquisition of a 55 percent stake in Allrede Participações S.A., the holding company b... (more story)
The heads of Universal Music Group unit Virgin Music have sought to dismiss “fictions and falsehoods” being raised by critics urging EU competition regulators to block its $775 million takeover of Downtown Mus... (more story)
Affiliates of 3G Capital Partners and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC have sought approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog for their planned $9.4 billion acquisition of US footwear and apparel giant S... (more story)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ planned buyout of Spectris, a provider of precision measurement and testing equipment, will need foreign investment screening in the UK and several other countries, as well as antitrus... (more story)
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has seen the European Commission resume its foreign subsidy probe into the state-owned company's takeover of German chemicals group Covestro, following a five-week suspension. Th... (more story)
Amazon partially won its long-running arbitration battle against Future Retail and the Biyani-led Future Group, in what is a significant, if somewhat symbolic, victory. The Singapore International Arbitration ... (more story)
China is stepping up efforts to address frontier competition concerns such as self-preferencing, especially amid growing industrial convergence in the digital economy. This ambition is reflected in the newly r... (more story)
Victor Meyer, general director of cartel investigations at Mexico's competition authority, discussed how the reformed agency will operate in the coming weeks, highlighting institutional changes, increased powe... (more story)
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Global ad agency holding companies Omnicom and Interpublic secured authorization from the US Federal Trade Commission for their proposed merger by making a novel behavioral commitment — a promise not to engage... (more story)
A US Supreme Court opinion that federal court judges lack authority to impose universal injunctions won't stop those judges from issuing injunctions in data privacy disputes or run-of-the-mill antitrust cases ... (more story)
A deal to spin off TikTok’s US social media platform to American investors could come soon after a trade deal with China is finalized. The company and the Trump administration have had a deal in place with pri... (more story)
Colorado enacted last month the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act, a law requiring companies to notify their deals from all industries to the state, making it the second state to enact a broad, ind... (more story)
The recent settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks shows US antitrust officials are open to cut a deal at any stage of the process and with unique solutions, such as a hybrid remedy tha... (more story)
The Dutch antitrust authority’s approval of the DPG-RTL merger marks the first time media plurality has been used in its assessments of media mergers. The analysis in this decision closely mirrors the forthcom... (more story)
China's antitrust regulator has approved ANA Holdings' acquisition of Nippon Cargo Airlines with conditions, following what appears to be the longest review suspension in the country's recent merger history. T... (more story)
There is an obvious way for Mars to solve EU competition concerns over its acquisition of Kellanova: Sell off various brands to reduce its bargaining power in negotiations with European retailers. The question... (more story)