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03 February 2012

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ECJ refuses to erase rubber fines

The European General Court upheld the commission's previous ruling

Three chemical rubber companies have lost their appeal to annul an antitrust fine issued by the European Commission.

Switzerland investigates interest rate fixing

UBS is one of the banks facing investigation

Switzerland’s Competition Commission (COMCO) has opened an investigation of 12 banks over allegedly conspiring to manipulate interest rates used in interbank loans.

Cartel enforcement on the rise at emerging enforcers

Oliver Josie, head of the cartels division at South Africa's Competition Commission

Officials from three young but emerging competition law jurisdictions are taking proactive, sometimes unorthodox steps towards improving their enforcement programmes – including potentially using undercover agents to bust cartels. Ron Knox in Vancouver

KFTC guidelines expand patent focus

The KFTC has introduced antitrust guidelines on standard setting

Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has published new guidelines regarding possible anti-competitive use of patents, focusing on standard setting.

Size matters for EU companies

Leif Johansson and Sharon Bowles at the commission's Competition Forum 2012

Protecting small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) from competition in European markets will leave them underprepared for global competition, said a leading business delegate at the European Commission’s Competition Forum 2012. Faaez Samadi in Brussels

Glencore and Xstrata eye merger

Glencore is in talks to buy Xstrata

Mining giants Glencore and Xstrata are in talks to merge, potentially creating a company worth US$80 billion, subject to competition approval.

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