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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Paramount's Makan Delrahim backs proposed WBD deal as 'procompetitive'
Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer for Paramount, said Thursday that his company has presented all the necessary evidence to prove the benefits of its proposed acq... (more story)
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Nexstar should divest stations to fit national cap, petitioners tell US FCC
A coalition of state broadband and cable associations sent an ex-parte letter to the US Federal Communications Commission, proposing conditions that would mitigate ... (more story)
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Netflix pulls out of running for Warners after Paramount offers $31 a share
Netflix won't increase its offer for the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service and studios, bowing out to Paramount in one of the most-watched corporate battles in years.
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DHL and CTT's planned parcel delivery joint venture in the Iberian peninsula has been cleared by the EU's merger regulator, but has yet to be filed for approval of the bloc's foreign subsidy rules. The chief e... (more story)
Nexstar Media Group saw a coalition of eight US state attorneys general, led by California, file suit on Thursday to block its proposed acquisition of Tegna. They argue that the $6.2 billion deal would signifi... (more story)
The combination of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery could see EU regulators asking questions about the impact on creatives and their options to sell work such as scripts, according to Teresa Riber... (more story)
Paramount’s $111 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is drawing fresh attention as more US states raise antitrust concerns, adding to a growing list of questions about how the tie-up could affect competi... (more story)
About 10 US states are considering whether to block Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna if the US Department of Justice or US Federal Communications Commission doesn’t take the initiative first, MLex has learned.
Jim Vena, the chief executive of Union Pacific Railroad, argued that opposition from rival railways to the $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern indicated those competitors’ fear of more intense competition.
Oak-Eagle AcquireCo' s acquisition of US video game publisher Electronic Arts has been cleared by Turkey’s competition authority on Feb. 26, according to an update on the regulator's website on Wednesday. The ... (more story)
The UK government is hiring up to 12 new panel members for the Competition and Markets Authority, who will help make decisions on in-depth merger and market investigations and potentially be part of a new regi... (more story)
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It’s showtime for the EU’s new policy on M&A deals. On Wednesday, EU commissioner Teresa Ribera set out her plans to colleagues and faced requests to go even further in helping European companies stand up to g... (more story)
Japan’s conditional clearance of the planned merger between Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus and Toyota’s Hino Motors marks one of the most complex remedy packages in recent merger control, relying pred... (more story)
EU heads of state and government will this week make a push to incentivize the scale-up of European companies, with one eye on strategic areas such as finance. But the same leaders who are ready to endorse thi... (more story)
Amtrak’s ability to maintain on-time passenger train schedules and to expand into new markets using Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern rail lines is going to play a critical role in the regulatory analysis of ... (more story)
The Brazilian antitrust authority is seeking input from maritime regulator Antaq in its review of the proposed combination between offshore engineering groups Saipem and Subsea7, MLex has learned. The agency i... (more story)
Media groups could get their first taste of the EU’s new media plurality merger test this year, with the sector oversight body expected to start proactively issuing opinions on deals while national authorities... (more story)
The UK government’s proposed changes to the competition regime would place too much power in the hands of the Competition and Markets Authority’s board and increase the risk or perception of political interfer... (more story)
Brazil’s competition authority last month unconditionally cleared United Airlines’ $100 million investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas, but based its approval on governance provisions set out in the deal’s term shee... (more story)