Tag: Antitrust Hurdle
AstraZeneca Clears Final UK Antitrust Hurdle
Wednesday, July 14, AstraZeneca (AZ) announced that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the Alexion buyout without raising any antitrust concerns.
The...
US: CVS-Aetna avoid AT&T antitrust hurdle
According to Bloomberg, CVS has dodged one hurdle in its bid to buy insurer Aetna, as US antitrust enforcers don’t see competitive problems that...
US: Danone to sell Stonyfield unit to satisfy federal antitrust concerns
Danone has agreed to sell Londonderry-based Stonyfield organic yogurt brand to win approval from US antitrust authorities for its $10 billion acquisition of soy-milk...
EU: Mega-Wind farm offshore Denmark clears antitrust hurdle
The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday that the bloc's Executive Commission has approved Danish government subsidies for a large proposed offshore windfarm in...
US: British American Tobacco/Reynolds $47bn clears first antitrust hurdle
Reynolds American and British American Tobacco announced Thursday that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act relating to BAT's proposed acquisition of RAI has...
