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Mergers and Acquisitions
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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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US FTC's Ferguson defends accountability to Trump amid politicization criticism
The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission said he's accountable to the president and would obey lawful orders, rejecting suggestions that antitrust enforcemen... (more story)
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US failure to unwind Meta deals likely to inspire new tech laws, Calif. AAG says
The US Federal Trade Commission’s loss in its retrospective challenge to social media giant Meta Platforms’ long ago-consummated buyouts of WhatsApp and Instagram h... (more story)
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Economic incentives that drive innovation, rather than promises to innovate, should be key for deals to pass EU merger review following an overhaul, a top EU enforcer said.
Telecommunications service provider Retelit and the Italian Finance Ministry filed their intended acquisition of Sparkle for clearance with the European Commission, according to an update on the regulator's we... (more story)
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads should be obliged to provide ordinary course documents that are likely to clarify the antitrust risk level of their deal, a lawyer with the US Department of Justice... (more story)
EU criteria for monitoring foreign investments in strategic ports will be set and market access possibly restricted under an EU ports strategy issued by the European Commission on Wednesday. The review of the ... (more story)
The European Commission is moving forward its search for the new director-general of its powerful competition department, agreeing Wednesday to publish an ad for the position, MLex has learned. Olivier Guersen... (more story)
The Netherlands has warned against integrating economic security elements into the upcoming European Commission’s clean industry proposal – the Industrial Accelerator Act – which is set to come out Wednesday, ... (more story)
Pushback came mainly from small and medium-sized competitors operating in São Paulo and Osasco, the two cities where operations overlap, while major clients foresee a positive outlook for the deal’s completion.
The Brazilian competition authority's Superintendence has classified B3’s planned acquisition of 60 percent of CRDC as complex, a move that signals heightened scrutiny and the need for deeper fact finding befo... (more story)
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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)
Dairy cooperatives Arla and DMK must convince the European Commission that their intended merger won't cut the options available to farmers to sell their milk. The EU regulator's recent look at FrieslandCampin... (more story)
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) started an investigation into Pennsylvania Water’s proposed rate increases in December, and a negative review could impact the commission’s parallel investigati... (more story)
Aramark, a US food-services company, has a high hurdle to clear to persuade judges to extend a missed deadline to appeal the UK antitrust watchdog’s veto of its merger with rival Entier. The Competition Appeal... (more story)
For now, Paramount Skydance has won the race for Warner Bros. Discovery, prevailing after Netflix pulled out of contention — but the victory may prove premature. Even as federal regulators appear to have eased... (more story)
The EU's merger clearance of Liberty Media’s takeover of motorcycle championship MotoGP shows the European Commission is taking a broader view of the evolving market for sports broadcasting rights. The merger ... (more story)
A sudden and complex restructuring of Alliança Saúde’s ownership has derailed the company’s merger‑control process in Brazil for buying Grupo Meddi. While the authority signaled that the acquisition must be no... (more story)
Gail Slater’s departure from the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division lands at a moment when merger enforcement policy is already in flux, introducing a new layer of uncertainty for companies navigati... (more story)