Premium Article - Thursday, 03 June 2010
Canada’s Competition Bureau says that it will do its best to ensure equal treatment when providing companies locked in a hostile takeover with information.
Premium Article - Thursday, 03 June 2010
The European Commission is investigating agreements between technology company Siemens and Areva SA, the world’s largest nuclear reactor builder.
Premium Article - Thursday, 03 June 2010
France’s Competition Authority has approved a merger between sugar company Tereos Group and its competitor Quartier Français, subject to divestitures.
Premium Article - Thursday, 03 June 2010
Antitrust agencies in the US and Canada have given technology distributor Avnet’s US$594 million acquisition of rival Bell Micro the green light.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 01 June 2010
Canada’s Competition Bureau has suggested it will reduce the time it takes to review complex mergers that it feels may harm competition.
Premium Article - Friday, 28 May 2010
The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has called for new laws that could restrict further consolidation in the power sector.
Premium Article - Friday, 28 May 2010
Australia’s government has issued a competition amendment bill, designed to revise and clarify provisions of the country’s merger control legislation.
Premium Article - Friday, 28 May 2010
After nearly four months of examination, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has blocked car component supplier Magna’s attempted purchase of Karmann’s European convertible roof systems business.
Premium Article - Wednesday, 26 May 2010
The European Commission has moved opened an in-depth review of consumer goods company Unilever’s purchase of Sara Lee.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 25 May 2010
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has approved cinema operator AMC Entertainment Group’s acquisition of nearly all the cinemas owned by rival Kerasotes Showplace Theaters, subject to divestitures.
Premium Article - Monday, 24 May 2010
US Federal Trade Commission has cleared Google's purchase of mobile advertising platform AdMob, thanks in no small part to the actions of computer maker Apple, one of Google's most powerful rivals.
Premium Article - Monday, 24 May 2010
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled in favour of bus company Stagecoach’s appeal against a Competition Commission decision forcing it to sell Preston Bus.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 18 May 2010
The US Federal Trade Commission has approved the acquisition of chemical technology company Varian by rival Agilent Technologies, subject to divestitures.
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Featured In: May 2010 (Vol. 13 Iss. 5)
The two US government agencies charged with granting antitrust immunity to airline alliances can’t stop arguing over what’s best for American consumers. Rachel Bull finds out why the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation just don’t get along
Premium Article - Friday, 14 May 2010
The world’s largest business software developer, SAP, has announced it will buy mobile software company Sybase for US$5.8 billion.
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