Tag: Acquisition
UK: CMA investigates Motor Fuel Group MRH buy
Motor Fuel Group, which is backed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and has almost 400 locations across the UK, announced it had agreed to...
US: Northrop completes US$9b Orbital ATK acquisition
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman received final regulatory approval Tuesday, June 5, for its acquisition of rocket maker Orbital ATK, creating a huge Northern Virginia...
US: Microsoft snaps up GitHub for US$7.5b
Microsoft has reached an agreement to buy GitHub, the source repository and collaboration platform, in a deal worth US$7.5 billion. The all-stock deal is...
US: Farmers against merger of Monsanto with Bayer
Not everyone was pleased with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) approval of German drug and chemical giant Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto this week....
US: Fox sets date for vote on US$52b Disney deal
On Wednesday, May 30, 21st Century Fox announced that it would hold a shareholders meeting on July 10 to debate a merger with the...
EU: Lufthansa spared antitrust probe after rival’s collapse
Germany's antitrust agency has decided against opening proceedings against Lufthansa over steep price increases following the bankruptcy of former rival Air Berlin last year,...
Portugal: Antitrust regulator rejects Altice remedies for takeover of Media Capital
Altice has been informed by Portugal's Competition Authority (AdC) that the remedies the French group proposed to gain approval for its acquisition of Media...
US: Bayer forced to shed US$9b in Agribusiness in biggest ever...
According to CNBC Drug-maker Bayer, agreeing to the largest divestiture in American antitrust enforcement history, will sell agricultural businesses and assets worth about $9...
Philippines: Prices up with Grab-Uber merger says regulator
Since ride-sharing service Grab took over Uber, fares have increased while service has deteriorated, the country's antitrust watchdog said Monday, May 28.
The Philippine Competition...
EU: Comcast is ready to go to war with Disney for...
Comcast confirmed that it may make an offer for the entertainment assets that 21st Century Fox has agreed to sell to Walt Disney, escalating...
