Tag: Antitrust merger
Canada: Global US$29b potash fertilizer merger cleared by Comp Bureau
Canada’s Competition Bureau will put up no reasons why Potash and Agrium shouldn’t be joined into Nutrien. The merger was first announced on September...
UK/India: Thyssenkrupp says Tata Steel to come in September
Thyssenkrupp may reach an agreement in principle this month to merge its European steel business with that of Tata Steel, the group said on...
Israel: Shufersal must sell 9 Pharm branches to complete merger
The Israel Antitrust Authority mergers committee is scheduled to convene on Wednesday, September 7, to set the final conditions for closing and carrying out...
US: Saul Ewing and Arnstein & Lehr merge into a 400-Lawyer...
Philadelphia-based Saul Ewing and Chicago-based Arnstein & Lehr have merged, the firms announced Tuesday, September 5, creating a firm of more than 400 lawyers...
Chile: Time Warner acquisition by AT&T approved
Chilean regulator Fiscalia Nacional Economica (FNE) has approved AT&T’s conditionally pending acquisition of Time Warner. The regulator approved the merger with targeted behavioral conditions...
UK: Rathbones, Smith & Williamson end merger talks
A potential merger between two UK wealth boutiques has been abandoned, leaving one to press ahead with plans for an initial public offering instead.
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UAE: Large property firms in Abu Dhabi plan merger
Eshraq Properties and Reem Investments have announced that they are in talks to join forces to create a mega-listed real estate company in Abu...
UK: Regulator approves ATM merger
The UK’s competition regulators have given the initial nod to a £350 million (US$460 million) deal between two providers of automated teller machines (ATMs),...
UK: Murdoch pulls Fox News off air in UK
Rupert Murdoch and his sons are pulling Fox News off the air in Britain. The network’s parent company, 21st Century Fox (Fox), has announced...
China: State-owned energy giants merge
China’s top coal miner Shenhua will take over China Guodian, another of the country’s top five state power producers, in a deal that will...