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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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Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Mark George said customers are choosing to pay more money to deliver their products using trucks in order to avoid the inconvenience of rail delivery.
Lluís Saurí Romero has been appointed head of unit for Strategic Coordination in DG Comp, the European Commission's directorate general for competition policy. Saurí replaces Astrid Cousin, who has moved to th... (more story)
Alcon and LENSAR, the two most significant players in the market for laser systems used in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, said they have agreed to abandon their $365 million merger in the face of... (more story)
UK officials are considering scrapping the Regulatory Policy Committee, but no decision has yet been made, a UK finance ministry official told lawmakers on Tuesday morning. The body plays an “important role” i... (more story)
Italian aerospace and defense company Leonard has received EU approval for its intended acquisition of the defense unit of European truckmaker Iveco. The deal has already been cleared under the EU foreign subsidies rules.
A group of US states has urged a federal court to reject the Justice Department’s proposed settlement allowing Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, arguing the agreement was the produc... (more story)
Passengers challenging Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines urged a federal court to reject the carrier’s attempt to dismiss their antitrust lawsuit, arguing the merger has already reduced flight ... (more story)
Chinese chemical company LB Group's plan to buy a titanium dioxide manufacturing plant from Venator is being probed by the UK’s competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority has set a May 15 dead... (more story)
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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)
The US Federal Trade Commission is signaling a significant shift in merger enforcement by moving away from its longstanding dual-track litigation model and proceeding exclusively in federal court. The change d... (more story)
Getty Images may be tempted to take a dual-track approach with the UK merger watchdog by offering remedies while at the same time contesting that any such measures are necessary to ease the regulator’s concern... (more story)
A push by Telefónica, Orange and Vodafone for EU regulators to allow more consolidation in national markets is failing to resonate with Matthias Ecke, a key European Parliament lawmaker who is part of legislat... (more story)