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Japan urges halt to MBK's Makino Milling acquisition, cites national security
The Japanese government this week took the unusual step of recommending that Asian private equity fund MBK Partners halt its tender offer for Makino Milling Machine... (more story)
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Thales says EU talks 'progressing as expected' on space JV with Airbus, Leonardo
Thales CEO Patrice Caine said on Tuesday that talks with antitrust authorities on the intended space joint venture with Leonardo and Airbus are "progressing as expe... (more story)
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US FCC's Carr defends bureau-level approval in Nexstar–Tegna dispute
US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr defended the agency’s use of delegated authority in reviewing the proposed acquisition of Tegna by Nexsta... (more story)
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Charter Communications said that it is working with the California Public Utilities Commission towards a closing of its proposed $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications this summer. The company previou... (more story)
US catering company Aramark is to pursue an appeal in Scotland after it was refused permission by the UK's antitrust court to contest a ruling that it could not seek to overturn a veto on its buyout of rival E... (more story)
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will be incorporating fresh data into their forthcoming revised merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board with an eye toward justifying the deal more thorou... (more story)
Drugmaker Merck and oncology medicine developer Terns Pharmaceuticals have received antitrust clearance from the US competition authorities for their $6.7 billion deal. The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-... (more story)
The plan by Japanese chemical companies’ Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan and Sumitomo Chemical to integrate parts of their plastic businesses received unconditional clearance on Friday. In its first Phase II ... (more story)
While Charter Communications and Cox Communications don't compete head to head, the former's lack of pricing commitments upon completing its merger could harm Californians, an expert for the Utility Reform Net... (more story)
Union Pacific Chief Executive Officer Jim Vena said the company is on track to file its amended Norfolk Southern merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board April 30, and that he doesn’t expect... (more story)
Planned use of EU foreign direct investment tools as a means to safeguard European added value in strategic sectors has been questioned by a group of member states, MLex has learned. In a first discussion on t... (more story)
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Scrutiny of Charter Communications’ proposed acquisition of Cox Communications has narrowed to commitments that could be made to resolve third-party concerns rather than concerns about an outright block of the... (more story)
Antitrust attorneys have been leaving the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take jobs with state attorneys general, lured by a jump in hiring, greater responsibility, more geographic ... (more story)
RTL's acquisition of Sky Deutschland this week has seen the EU turn up the volume on key ideas crucial to its forthcoming guidelines: a dynamic market analysis that allows the emergence of a strong European co... (more story)
US federal and state antitrust law enforcers have ramped up their policing of alleged threats to either quantity, quality or variety of competition within the rapidly shrinking and consolidating journalism sec... (more story)
Recent court wins in antitrust cases show that US states’ more assertive enforcement rhetoric is translating into tangible results, while underscoring growing risks for deals such as the proposed Paramount-War... (more story)
A federal judge has made clear that regulatory approval is no substitute for antitrust review, ruling that the US Federal Communications Commission lacks authority to decide competition issues and that its sig... (more story)
A Belgian newspaper merger and LVMH’s takeover of a magazine in France are exposing enforcement gaps under the EU's new media law, as national authorities struggle to apply its plurality test. The situation is... (more story)
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery can expect to be interrogated by state antitrust enforcers about how their merger will influence labor issues and content-buyer power within the film and TV entertainment sector.