Tag: Australia
DOJ & Australian Watchdog Still Not OK With Google’s Fitbit Purchase
Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission and the US Department of Justice are still probing the US$2.1 billion deal between Google and Fitbit expressed Rod...
Australian Watchdog Says Google Dominance In Online Ads Harms Competition
Google dominates Australia's online advertising market to the point of harming publishers, advertisers and ultimately consumers, the country's antitrust regulator stated, calling for new...
UK’s Wise Teams Up With New Payments Platform In Australia
Digital money transfer group Wise will join an Australian payments network which should allow transfers to be settled in the country faster and at...
Australian Watchdog Starts Probe Into Port Activity
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has kicked off an investigation looking at both liner and port activity over the past year where...
Australia’s Competition Chief Wants New Laws To Tackle Apple, Google
Tougher rules are needed to stop platforms like Google and Apple using their market power to push consumers into expensive payment options, according to...
Square To Australia’s Afterpay For $29B
Jack Dorsey's Square (SQ) is spending US$29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his...
Merger Reform in Australia: Possible Approaches
By Rhonda L. Smith & Deborah Healey1
Like many other jurisdictions, Australia is reviewing its approach to assessing mergers, particularly in the context of the...
Australia Moves Epic Games Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple Forward
The antitrust lawsuit initiated by Epic Games against Apple was given the green light to move forward by the court in Australia in a...
Australia Prepares Second Probe Into Facebook, Google
The failure of a landmark anti-monopoly case against Facebook by the US Federal Trade Commission will not stop global regulators from waging an aggressive...
Playboy Owner Buys Australias’ Honey Birdette for $333M
The parent company of Playboy will acquire Australian lingerie brand Honey Birdette, a move that expands Playboy’s (PLBY) direct-to-consumer (D2C) reach as Victoria’s Secret,...
