U.S. chipmaker Broadcom secured EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware after offering remedies to help rival Marvell Technology. The deal...
Adobe’s $20 bn Figma acquisition under EU antitrust regulator’s lens
Software major Adode’s $20 billion acquisition of cloud-based designer platform Figma is reportedly under scrutiny by the antitrust regulators in the European Union, the media reported on Tuesday. The EU...
Orange, MasMovil face EU antitrust warning over merger, source says
French telecoms provider Orange and Spanish peer MasMovil are set to get an EU antitrust warning about their 18.6-billion euro ($20.3 billion) merger, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Orange, the...
EU antitrust regulators approve Vivendi, Lagardere deal
Vivendi, the French media conglomerate controlled by billionaire Vincent Bollore, on Friday, won conditional EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of France’s largest publisher Lagardere. Vivendi last year...
UBS gains EU antitrust approval to acquire Credit Suisse
UBS won unconditional EU antitrust approval to acquire Credit Suisse as part of a government-orchestrated rescue of its Swiss rival. The European Commission said the deal would not raise competition concerns in Europe...
Viasat wins unconditional EU antitrust approval to acquire Inmarsat
U.S. company Viasat has won unconditional EU antitrust approval to acquire British satellite rival Inmarsat for $7.3 billion, the European Commission announced on Thursday, adding that the merger would not raise...
UK antitrust regulator looks at Amazon’s takeover of vacuum maker iRobot
Britain is to investigate Amazon.com’s anticipated takeover of robot vacuum maker iRobot Corp, the country’s competition regulator said on Thursday. The e-commerce giant’s planned $1.7 billion...
Parliament passes antitrust legislation on overseas mergers & acquisitions
India’s parliament approved a revised legislation which gives the South Asian nation’s antitrust watchdog wider powers to review overseas mergers and acquisitions. The legislation was approved by the upper house of...
Broadcom faces EU antitrust probe into $61 bln VMware deal – sources
U.S. chipmaker Broadcom is set to face a setback in its $61 billion bid for cloud computing company VMware with EU antitrust regulators poised to open a full-scale investigation into the deal, people familiar with the...
Vivendi-Lagardere deal faces full-scale EU antitrust probe -sources
Media group Vivendi’s proposed acquisition of rival Lagardere is likely to face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation, people close to the matter said on Tuesday. The proposed deal would combine France’s...
Microsoft’s $69 bln Activision bid faces EU antitrust probe
Microsoft may have to offer concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about its $69 billion bid for “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard after regulators opened a full-scale investigation on Tuesday...
Meta accepts UK order to sell Giphy after antitrust battle
Britain’s competition regulator ordered Facebook owner Meta to sell animated-images platform Giphy after a tribunal upheld its view that the acquisition could damage its rivals and remove a potential competitor in...