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Electrical retailers negotiate deal with OFT
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
UK electrical retailers Dixons, Comet and Argos have prevented a referral of the £1 billion-a-year market for extended warranties to the UK Competition Commission by negotiating an agreement with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Private healthcare to get CC scrutiny
Thursday, 08 December 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the private healthcare market to the Competition Commission for an in-depth investigation.
South Africa targets media company over predatory pricing
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
Media 24 must face South Africa’s Competition Tribunal after the country’s Competition Commission found it engaged in below-cost pricing to drive a competitor out of the market.
BSkyB’s dominance poses problems in pay-TV film market
Friday, 19 August 2011
The UK’s Competition Commission today provisionally ruled that broadcaster BSkyB is stifling competition and innovation in the pay-TV market for movies.
Ofcom sets sights on TV advertising
Monday, 13 June 2011
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, is reviewing the county’s television advertising trading market to assess whether it is competitive enough.
Lenders competing fairly over Dutch mortgages
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Banks and insurers are not artificially maintaining high mortgage prices in the Netherlands, according to the Competition Authority’s (NMa) latest report.
Germany battles against “dominant” petrol companies
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office says it will prohibit fuel sector mergers to protect competition in a market it says is controlled by a “dominant oligopoly” of five companies.
CC calls for “significant change” in UK bus markets
Premium Article - Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The UK’s Competition Commission says several local bus markets across the country are lacking in “active competition”, and require changes to boost competitor numbers.
German power market “unsatisfactory”
Premium Article - Friday, 14 January 2011
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office says the country’s electricity sector is still not competitive enough.
OFT probes electrical goods sector
Premium Article - Friday, 26 November 2010
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a competition review of the domestic electrics goods industry.
OFT shuts up shop on supermarket probe
Premium Article - Thursday, 18 November 2010
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading today announced the unexpected closure of its long-running investigation of the supermarket sector, on “administrative priority grounds.”
UK retail banking tough for new players
Premium Article - Thursday, 04 November 2010
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading says new entrants to the retail banking market face “significant challenges” in competing with established banks.
NMa releases mortgage market findings
Premium Article - Tuesday, 02 November 2010
The Netherlands’ Competition Authority (NMa) yesterday published the preliminary results of its sector inquiry into the Dutch mortgage market. It found that Dutch banks’ profits on mortgage rates have been higher than in other European countries since mid-2009.
Australia gears up for banking competition inquiry
Premium Article - Friday, 29 October 2010
Australia’s major banks are set to face a government inquiry into the state of competition in the banking sector, after the country’s upper house senate voted in favour of the probe yesterday.
OFT rejects super complaint over beer distribution
Premium Article - Friday, 15 October 2010
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has dismissed a super complaint from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) alleging competition restrictions on the supply of beer to pubs in the UK.
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