Tag: Antitrust deal
UK Veterinary Takeover Deal Revived With Concessions
The largest remaining independent owner of veterinary practices in the United Kingdom is poised to be bought by a corporate consolidator after a compromise...
Walmart Talks Streaming Deal With Disney, Comcast & Paramount
Supermarket retail giant Walmart has been reported to have held talks with a number of media companies regarding the possibility of including streaming entertainment to...
Amazon $1.7B Roomba Deal Sparks Privacy Concerns
iRobot agreed to be acquired by Amazon for $1.7 billion, according to a joint statement by the two companies on Saturday. If the deal...
Thoma Bravo Enters $24B Cybersecurity Ping Identity Deal
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is buying Ping Identity for $2.4 billion, deepening a bet on the cybersecurity sector that has been one of the...
EU Opens Probe Into Orange’s Telecom Belgian Deal
EU antitrust regulators opened on Thursday a full-scale investigation into French telecoms provider Orange's bid for a majority stake in Belgian peer VOO SA, warning...
EU Concerned Orange’s Belgian Deal May Hurt Competition
EU antitrust regulators opened on Thursday a full-scale investigation into French telecoms provider Orange's bid for a majority stake in Belgian peer VOO SA, warning...
French Media Deal Continues Despite Regulator’s Report
French broadcasting giants TF1 and M6 said they would not change their merger plans to establish what commentators say could lead to the creation...
FTC Sues To Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed for an injunction to block Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from buying a virtual reality...
Watchdog Questions French Television Deal
The proposed merger of France’s two biggest private television broadcasters, TF1 and M6, has run into stiff resistance from competition regulators, raising the risk...
EU Questions Microsoft-Activision Rival Access
European antitrust enforcers are asking whether Microsoft would shut rivals out from Activision’s popular video game library as part of a review of the...
