Tag: Antitrust deal
Thai Group Gets Antitrust OK For $11B Tesco Buy
Charoen Pokphand Group won the Thai antitrust agency’s approval for its $10.6 billion acquisition of British retailer Tesco Plc’s local retail business with some...
Brazil’s Antitrust Watchdog OKs Bunge Soy Deal
Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE said on Wednesday it gave final and unconditional approval for Bunge's proposed acquisition of two soy crushing plants in Brazil.
Bunge...
Nielsen To Sell Data Unit In $2.9B Deal
Data analytics company Nielsen Holdings has agreed to sell its Global Connect business segment to private equity firm Advent International for US$2.7 billion, reported...
FTC Imposes Conditions On Pfizer’s Upjohn & Mylan Deal
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Mylan have agreed to divest assets and abide by other conditions to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the...
Heineken Buys Three Cider Brands, As Part Of Deal To Buy...
Brewing giant Heineken has acquired three cider brands and the Australian rights to international beer brands Stella Artois and Beck's in the divestment process...
EU Watchdog OKs Iliad’s $4B Polish Telecoms Deal
French telecom operator Iliad won EU antitrust clearance for its €3.5 billion (US$4.14 billion)acquisition of Polish mobile group Play as it stepped up its...
Dunkin’ Donuts To Sell Itself & Go Private
Dunkin Brands confirmed a New York Times report that the company has expressed an interest in selling itself.
The deal being discussed, which could be...
Coca-Cola EU Bottler in Talks For Australian $10B Deal
Coca-Cola European Partners, the world’s largest independent bottler of the storied soft drink, is in talks to acquire Coca-Cola Amatil to expand in Asia...
Italy, UK Hydrogen Deal Goes Ahead Despite Brexit
Europe’s largest gas pipeline company will invest in a UK firm at the heart of the hydrogen market, reports Bloomberg.
Italy’s Snam will invest €33...
UK Warns Facebook Over Giphy Deal
The UK’s merger watchdog has warned Facebook that it could go beyond forcing the tech giant to unwind its purchase of image-hosting platform Giphy...
