Tag: Antitrust approval
EU: EC gives antitrust OK to Broadcom’s $5.9Bn Brocade buyout
Chipmaker Broadcom secured EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $5.5 billion bid for Brocade after pledging to cooperate with competitors and to protect...
India: Approval given for Snapdeal sale
Founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal will relinquish control of online marketplace Snapdeal to market leader Flipkart as early investors in the Delhi-based company...
EU: Set to give Broadcom/Brocade approval
Singapore-based chipmaker Broadcom is set to win EU antitrust approval for its $5.5 billion bid for Brocade after agreeing to modest concessions in the...
Germany: Bayer divesting Liberty brands to gain approval
Bayer has agreed to divest its Liberty herbicide and Liberty Link-branded seeds businesses across the globe to win antitrust approval for its planned merger...
Brazil: Dow/Dupont merger gets a pass
The planned merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont received a recommendation for a conditional approval by CADE, Brazil's antitrust regulator, after a finding that...
EU: Watchdog sets date to decide on Qualcomm’s $38 billion takeover
EU regulators will decide by June 9 whether to clear smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm's $38 billion takeover of NXP Semiconductors NV, with rivals voicing concerns...
US: Dollar General gets FTC OK to buy 300+ stores
The Federal Trade Commission gave a private equity firm approval to sell to Dollar General 323 stores that Sycamore purchased as part of a...
US: FCC approves Time Warner station sale, helping AT&T mega-merger
The FCC probably will be able to avoid making a judgment on AT&T’s $85 billion agreement to buy Time Warner following its approval today...
US: HighTower acquisition brings $4.6bn in client assets
HighTower CEO Elliot Weissbluth confirmed Thursday that his firm is buying WealthTrust, its largest acquisiton ever.
The addition of WealthTrust's $4.6 billion in client assets...
Mexico: ChemChina one step closer to Syngenta approval
Following on from last week’s approval from US antitrust regulators, ChemChina and Syngenta announced on Monday that they have been given the nod from the...
