Tag: Antitrust deal
Worldline’s $8.6B Ingenico Deal Births Fourth-Biggest Payments Titan
Two European payments behemoths, Worldline and Ingenico, are merging in an US$8.6 billion deal to create the industry’s fourth-largest company in the space, according...
BorgWarner To Buy Delphi In $3.3B Deal
BorgWarner on Tuesday, January 28, announced it will acquire fellow auto supplier Delphi Technologies in an all-stock transaction that values Delphi at about US$3.3...
EU: Embraer studies Turboprop in Boeing deal
Embraer, the world’s third-largest commercial aircraft producer and leader of the regional jets market is in “advanced stages of studying” a new model of...
UK: Irish bookie in US$6B deal
The owners of gambling groups Paddy Power and PokerStars agreed to combine on Wednesday, October 2, in a cross-border deal to create a UK...
US: FTC sues to block title insurance providers deal
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had filed an administrative complaint aimed at preventing title insurance provider Fidelity National Financial, from...
EU: Novelis’ US$2.6B Aleris deal to clear soon
US aluminum producer Novelis is set to secure EU antitrust approval for its US$2.6 billion bid for Aleris, reported Reuters on Thursday, August 29,...
UK: CMA probes MUFG-DVB aviation deal
Britain’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday it was assessing if the planned acquisition by Japan’s MUFG Bank of the aviation financing business of Germany’s...
South Africa: Regulator blocks AFF/Vuka Forestry deal
The Competition Commission of South Africa has prohibited a proposed transaction whereby Africa Forestry (AFF) intended to acquire Vuka Forestry Holdings and Glen Village...
US: Disney gains full control of Hulu in Comcast US$27.5B deal
Walt Disney has inked an agreement with Comcast to take full control of video streaming service Hulu, in a US$27.5 billion transaction that will...
EU: Regulators investigate E.ON, Innogy deal
German utility E.ON’s acquisition of Innogy’s assets may reduce competition and lead to price hikes in Germany and other EU states, EU antitrust regulators...
