Television station operator Tegna Inc said it has terminated its merger agreement with hedge fund Standard General after several regulatory hurdles. Tegna last year agreed to be taken private by Standard General in a...
HDFC Bank to acquire 20% or more in Griha Pte, gets Singapore regulatory nod
HDFC Bank announced that it will acquire a 20 per cent or more stake in Griha Pte, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HDFC Investments, after receiving regulatory clearance from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)...
Australian competition regulator approves Sika’s proposed $6.1 bln MBCC deal
Australia’s competition regulator said it would not oppose Sika’s 5.5 billion Swiss franc ($6.12 billion) takeover of MBCC Group, only if the Swiss chemicals maker divested MBCC Group’s entire business...
UK regulator probes Amazon’s planned purchase of iRobot
Britain’s competition regulator said on Tuesday it has launched a “Phase 1” probe into Amazon.com Inc’s planned $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot Corp, which makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner. The...
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...
US regulator approves Canadian Pacific purchase of Kansas City Southern
The Surface Transportation Board of the United States said on Wednesday it had approved Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of railroad company Kansas City Southern with a series of environmental and...
Canada’s TD gets regulatory nod for $1.3 bln purchase of Cowen
Canada’s Toronto-Dominion Bank has received all regulatory approvals to complete its $1.3 billion acquisition of New York-based boutique investment bank Cowen Inc, the companies said on Friday. The deal is...
Microsoft inks Nvidia game deal to assuage regulators over Activision merger
Microsoft Corp has struck a 10-year deal to bring Activision games to Nvidia Corp’s gaming platform, if the Xbox maker is allowed to complete its much-contested $69 billion acquisition of Activision. Regulators...
Link Administration in talks to settle regulatory probe, sell LFS unit
Australia’s Link Administration Holdings (Link Group) said on Monday that it is in advanced discussions to settle a probe into its UK-based Link Fund Solutions (LFS) unit and to sell the firm to Dublin-based...
Adobe will need EU okay to acquire Figma, regulators say
Adobe Inc will need to secure European Union antitrust approval for its $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma even though the deal falls short of the EU turnover threshold for a review, EU regulators...
Amazon says it is in talks with regulators on Roomba vacuum maker deal
Amazon said on Wednesday it is in talks with regulators on its $1.7 billion bid for iRobot Corp, maker of the robotic vacuum cleaner Roomba, with the takeover likely to draw tough scrutiny due to regulatory concerns...
UK regulator orders baker Cérélia to sell Jus-Rol on competition concerns
Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday French pastry-mix maker Cérélia will have to sell the Jus-Rol business after the watchdog found that a merger would lessen choice for consumers and harm competition...