Tag: Antitrust deal
AstraZeneca Delays FTC Review For $39B Alexion Deal
AstraZeneca is resetting the clock to give the Federal Trade Commission more time to review its roughly US$39 billion bid for Alexion Pharmaceuticals, the...
Apollo To Buy Retailer Michaels For $3.3B In Cash
Michaels, the US crafting and hobby retail chain, has agreed to a sale to Apollo Global Management at an equity value of about US$3.3...
Australia’s Regulator Is “Extremely Pleased” With Facebook Deal
Australia’s antitrust chief on Wednesday, February 24, claimed a victory over Facebook in a digital news battle that captivated the media world over the...
Top Court In India Bars Final Tribunal Ruling On Future’s $3.4B...
India’s Supreme Court barred on Monday, February 22, a final ruling by a tribunal reviewing Future Group’s US$3.4 billion sale of retail assets until...
Transat’s Air Canada Deal Now In Jeopardy
Air Canada’s proposed takeover of Transat AT has been thrown into doubt after European regulators failed to approve the deal by a February 15...
Raytheon Raises Concerns About Lockheed’s Aerojet Deal
Raytheon Technologies has one big worry from its point of view regarding Lockheed Martin’s agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for US$4.4 billion and what...
Australian Media Co Strikes Google News Pay Deal
Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced...
Germany Seeks Deal With Biden on Controversial Pipeline
Germany wants to make a deal with the US in order to complete the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas project that has caused friction...
FTC Seeks Info About Bass Pro, Sportsman’s Warehouse Deal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested more information about plans from the owner of Bass Pro Shops to purchase Sportsman’s Warehouse. The request...
Australia’s Seven West Media In New Deal With Google For News
Australia’s Seven West Media became the country’s first major news outlet to strike a licensing deal with Google, as the government pushes ahead with...