Premium Article - Monday, 14 December 2009
Oil company ExxonMobil is acquiring Texas gas producer XTO in an all-stock deal worth US$41 billion.
Premium Article - Monday, 14 December 2009
After seven months of negotiations, the US and Japan have reached an aviation accord that will liberalise air passenger and cargo services between the countries.
Premium Article - Friday, 11 December 2009
UK bus company Stagecoach has announced plans to appeal against a Competition Commission decision forcing it to sell Preston Bus.
Premium Article - Wednesday, 09 December 2009
The UK’s Competition Commission has outlined potential concerns with the anticipated acquisition of Friends Reunited by rival online genealogy business Brightsolid.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 08 December 2009
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has approved the merger of grocery wholesalers Masscash Holdings and Finro Entreprises after the Competition Commission recommended it block the deal earlier this year.
Premium Article - Monday, 07 December 2009
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has told antitrust practitioners and businesses that they should expect to be given less time to complete any divestitures required to complete a merger.
Premium Article - Monday, 07 December 2009
Paku Khan, an associate at A&L Goodbody in Dublin, is joining Amarchand & Mangaldas as a partner in New Delhi.
Premium Article - Friday, 04 December 2009
The European Commission has conditionally cleared the merger between US-based professional services consultants Watson Wyatt and Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby.
Premium Article - Thursday, 03 December 2009
General Electric has agreed to sell cable television company Comcast a controlling stake in network broadcaster NBC Universal, making official a long-rumoured deal that is expected to trigger an antitrust review in the US.
Premium Article - Thursday, 03 December 2009
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) yesterday announced that it intends to oppose fuel company Caltex Australia’s proposed A$300 million (€184 million) acquisition of 300 Mobil Oil service stations.
Premium Article - Thursday, 03 December 2009
The US Federal Trade Commission will require drugs companies Watson Pharmaceuticals and Arrow Pharmaceuticals to divest generic drugs assets in order to complete their merger.
Premium Article - Tuesday, 01 December 2009
French broadcaster TF1 has amended its merger filing in a bid to secure competition clearance for its acquisition of two rivals.
Premium Article - Friday, 27 November 2009
Norway’s Competition Authority has fined law firm Steenstrup Stordrange 100,000 kroner (€11,777) for jumping the gun when it took over operations from DLA Piper in Bergen.
Premium Article - Thursday, 26 November 2009
The US Federal Trade Commission and the Nevada Attorney General’s office have reached an agreement with two merging cemetery companies requiring them to sell off most of their assets in the Las Vegas area.
Premium Article - Thursday, 26 November 2009
Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has yesterday announced that it will block timber company Gunns’ proposed acquisition of rival ITC Timber.
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