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Japan's plan to tighten FDI screening revives security–investment trade-off
Japan is considering expanding foreign investment screening to cover indirect acquisitions of Japanese companies, aligning its rules more closely with other industr... (more story)
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China mandates price caps on American Axle's Dowlais deal despite EV shift
China's antitrust regulator has imposed stringent price curbs on American Axle & Manufacturing's takeover of Dowlais Group in conditionally approving the $1.44 bill... (more story)
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Global regulators following India's lead on merger remedies, CCI's chief says
In a significant shift in the global merger-control landscape, India, which was once seen as a follower of EU standards, has developed a distinctive enforcement phi... (more story)
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US beverage company Keurig Dr Pepper has won EU foreign-subsidy clearance for its intended acquisition of Dutch coffee and tea company JDE Peet's, according to an update on the European Commission's website.
Competition experts and regulators warned that Indonesia risks falling behind in the digital economy as its antitrust law lags rapid digital and cross-border business changes. The Indonesian Competition Commis... (more story)
US energy equipment maker Baker Hughes has received EU foreign-subsidy clearance for its $13.6 billion acquisition of Chart Industries, according to an update from the European Commission. The regulator had a ... (more story)
China’s top competition regulator is breaking from its usual playbook of punitive crackdowns by spotlighting a quick merger approval in the energy-storage sector as a model for curbing price wars. The State Ad... (more story)
The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice will be able to retain any excess premerger notification filing fees in fiscal year 2026 following an appropriations bill signed into law by President Don... (more story)
Union Pacific Chief Executive Officer Jim Vena said the company will refile its Norfolk Southern merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board in a few weeks, and that it won’t change the timelin... (more story)
Netflix’s potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would lead to an “unprecedented concentration of power” within the television and film production markets, according to several lawmakers and former po... (more story)
Alaska Air Group must file a formal motion if it wants to halt discovery in a private antitrust lawsuit seeking to unwind its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, a federal magistrate judge in Hawaii ruled.
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A €1.42 billion ($1.67 billion) plan by Finland’s UPM and South African rival Sappi to merge their graphic paper businesses looks set to be a key test of whether EU merger officials can consider the impact of ... (more story)
Japan is considering expanding foreign investment screening to cover indirect acquisitions of Japanese companies, aligning its rules more closely with other industrialized economies amid rising economic securi... (more story)
The new TikTok USDS joint venture is emphasizing security as it announces its new ownership structure after a years-long attempt to force the company to divest from Chinese ownership, which ultimately succeede... (more story)
While US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency is “looking at” its authority to change the national television ownership cap of 39 percent, textualism could play a key role. T... (more story)
The Oscars, the awards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences passes out each year to honor Hollywood’s best performances, finds itself at the center of a federal antitrust debate that could be critic... (more story)
Netflix has the board of Warner Brothers Discovery's support for its $82.7 billion acquisition offer and it is confident that antitrust enforcers won't apply a traditional market definition that leads to high ... (more story)
The scrapping of the panel system in the UK that oversees in-depth merger reviews and market probes will put more power in the hands of senior executives at the antitrust watchdog, raising the risk of increase... (more story)
Companies with links to China and US made up more than half of deals that were freighted with conditions to protect UK national security last year, as the UK navigates the need to seek economic trade gains but... (more story)