Tag: Competition
Aon’s $30B Willis Towers Faces EU Scrutiny
Aon’s US$30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson to create the world’s largest insurance broker faces a five-month long investigation after EU antitrust regulators voiced concerns...
Namibia Continues Updates To Its Competition Policy
Namibia has launched a National Competition Policy, which will prompt businesses to compete fairly and efficiently.
At the policy launch this week, Executive Director in...
Mexico Says Credit, Debit Processing Lack Competition
According to Mexican regulators, the two companies in charge of the country's credit and debit settlements represent "a near monopoly," and big businesses need...
UK Starts Investigation Into EBay’s Ads
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Thursday, December 17, that it is starting an investigation into Adevinta ASA's acquisition of eBay's...
Google as a de facto privacy regulator: Analyzing Chrome’s removal of...
By Damien Geradin, Dimitrios Katsifis & Theano Karanikioti (Geradin Partners)
Online advertising is what funds free online content. Since its birth in the 1990’s, it...
Australian Watchdog Concerned Woolworths’ Takeover May Hurt Competition
A proposal by Australia's Woolworths to buy about two-thirds of PFD Food Services and its properties may hurt competition in the food sector, the...
Bulgaria OKs Shell’s Acquisition Of Litex Commerce’s Filling Stations
Bulgaria's competition authority announced on Tuesday, December 15, that it gave the green light to fuel retailer Shell Bulgaria to acquire four filling stations...
Dutch Watchdog To Release Fibre Competition Study In 2021
Dutch regulator ACM needs more time for completing its study on the fiber-optic broadband market, according to state secretary Mona Keijzer.
In an update to...
Taking Ecosystems Competition Seriously in the Digital Economy: A (Preliminary) Dynamic...
By Nicolas Petit (European University Institute) & David Teece (Institute for Business Innovation)
This paper discusses digital ecosystems. It first describes the common properties of...
Watchdog Starts Probe Of Cement Companies In India
ACC and Ambuja Cements announced that fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has initiated an investigation against them and other cement companies...
