Brazilian antitrust watchdog CADE decided on Wednesday to give steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional additional time to sell the stake it owns in rival Usiminas. CADE councillors voted to allow CSN indefinite...
Celanese offers remedies in bid to allay EU antitrust concerns on DuPont deal
U.S. chemicals company Celanese Corp has offered remedies in a bid to address EU antitrust concerns about its proposed $11 billion acquisition of DuPont’s mobility and materials business, a European Commission...
Microsoft’s acquisition deal for Activision to face in-depth antitrust probe in UK – FT
Microsoft Corp’s deal to buy videogame publisher Activision Blizzard is expected to face an in-depth UK probe after the software maker did not offer any remedies to assuage competition concerns, the Financial...
Microsoft’s acquisition deal for Activision to face in-depth antitrust probe in UK – FT
Microsoft Corp’s deal to buy videogame publisher Activision Blizzard is expected to face an in-depth UK probe after the software maker did not offer any remedies to assuage competition concerns, the Financial...
EU antitrust regulators likely to block Illumina, Grail deal – sources
EU antitrust regulators are expected to veto U.S. life sciences firm Illumina’s acquisition of biotechnology company Grail, people familiar with the matter said. There are doubts whether concessions offered by...
Rogers, Shaw start Canada antitrust talks over blocked C$20 billion merger
Canada’s antitrust authority, Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications will begin two-day negotiations on Monday to discuss possible remedies to the contested C$20 billion ($15.5 billion) takeover of Shaw by...
Spirit board rejects JetBlue takeover offer on antitrust risks
Ultra low cost carrier Spirit Airlines rejected JetBlue Airways Corp’s $33-per-share takeover offer, saying it had a low likelihood of winning approval from government regulators. Frontier (ULCC.O) and JetBlue...
Parker wins EU antitrust nod for $8.2 billion Meggitt buy
U.S. engineering and aerospace group Parker-Hannifin won EU antitrust approval for its 6.3-billion-pound ($8.2 billion) planned acquisition of Britain’s Meggitt after pledging to sell a factory in the United...
France antitrust watchdog launches in-depth review of TF1/M6 merger plan
France’s antitrust watchdog said on Friday it was launching an in-depth review of the merger project of TF1 and M6, the country’s top two listed broadcasters. TF1 and M6 owners, respectively French...
Amazon wins EU antitrust nod for $8.5 billion MGM acquisition
Amazon on Tuesday gained unconditional EU antitrust approval for its proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of US movie studio MGM, a move that will help it better compete with streaming rivals Netflix and Disney. The...
EU antitrust regulators to decide on Parker, Meggitt deal by March 28
EU antitrust regulators will decide by March 28 whether to clear U.S. engineering and aerospace company Parker-Hannifin’s 6.3-billion-pound ($8.57 billion) bid for British rival Meggitt, according to a European...
Discovery-WarnerMedia deal clears U.S. antitrust review
Media company Discovery Inc’s plan to acquire venerable film and TV studio WarnerMedia has passed the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust review, clearing another hurdle toward closing, according to a...