Loctite manufacturer Henkel and Liquid Nails creator American Industrial Partners criticized the US Federal Trade Commission’s merger challenge market definition — which focuses on construction adhesive cartri... (more story)

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has appealed the Brazilian competition authority's unconditional approval of the proposed merger between offshore engineering companies Saipem and Subsea7, argu... (more story)

Edwards Lifesciences and Genesis Medtech will pay $12 million in civil penalties after the US Department of Justice found that the sale of JC Medical to Edwards surpassed the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act threshold fo... (more story)

TransDigm Group’s $960 million acquisition of Stellant Systems has been abandoned after the US Department of Justice notified the companies that it would file a lawsuit against the deal in federal court. The g... (more story)

Intesa Sanpaolo's takeover of Italian rival Monte dei Paschi di Siena, or MPS, has been cleared by France's competition regulator. The deal, which promises to create the second largest bank by market capitaliz... (more story)

A coalition of 12 US states, led by California, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, pursuing an antitrust challenge after the ... (more story)

A bill to overhaul New Zealand's antitrust agency would give the regulator powers that are too broad and lack sufficient safeguards, the country’s lawyers have warned. The proposed functions include issuing wa... (more story)

Furniture seller XXXLutz faces a "gun-jumping" probe by the European Commission for moving ahead with its acquisition of Porta without seeking approval. The EU regulator said it had "become aware of conduct th... (more story)