Tag: Antitrust deal
UK: Trinity Mirror deal referred to media watchdog
Trinity Mirror's £126.7 million (US$172.5 million) deal to buy titles including the Daily Express and the Daily Star from Richard Desmond has been referred...
EU: Marriott Vacations to buy ILG in US$4.7b deal
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp will buy time-share operator ILG Inc for US$4.7 billion, grabbing the chance to merge operations and brands spun out of...
US: Closing arguments for DOJ/AT&T trial to come Monday
AT&T and US antitrust enforcers are set for their final face-off in court over the telecommunications giant's planned takeover of Time Warner Inc. now...
Global: China does not want Chile to block $5bn SQM lithium...
A little-known Chilean company that until recently churned out mostly crop nutrients may hold a key to the future of electric-vehicle production. And a...
US: Bayer, Monsanto deal on track for approval by end of...
Bayer said on Thursday it had agreed to sell more crop science businesses to BASF in a deal that fulfills undertakings to the European...
US: PayPal and eBay strike new deal
PayPal and eBay announced Monday, April 23, that the two have inked a new agreement in which eBay will offer PayPal as a payment...
EU: EC launches investigation into Apple/Shazam deal
The EU’s antitrust regulator has launched an investigation into Apple’s acquisition of music identification service Shazam. It’s concerned that the deal could shrink consumer...
US: CenterPoint Energy buys Vectren in US$6b deal
Becoming the latest deal in the US power utility sector, gas and electric utility company CenterPoint Energy announced on Monday, April 23, it is...
US: Walmart soon to close US$12.7b Flipkart deal
Walmart is getting extremely close to securing a deal that would give it a majority stake in Indian eCommerce powerhouse Flipkart. That deal will...
US: Time Warner CEO testifies company needs AT&T deal to compete...
Testifying on Wednesday, April 18, in the trial of the government’s lawsuit seeking to block its merger with AT&T, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes...