Tag: COVID-19
Iraq Enters $2B Oil Prepayment Deal With China
Iraq has selected a Chinese company for a multibillion-dollar oil-supply deal, as the Arab nation seeks funds to bolster an economy reeling from the...
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...
UK Regulator Launches Probe Into Airline Refunds
Britain's competition regulator announced on Wednesday, December 16, it would investigate whether airlines had breached consumers' legal rights by failing to offer cash refunds...
Germany Wants EU To Double Aid Limit To Those Affected By...
Germany wants the European Union to more than double the amount of aid that nations are allowed to dole out to individual companies as the coronavirus...
EU OKs Danish €1.34B Scheme To Support Companies Affected By COVID-19
The European Commission has approved Danish plans to set up a fund with a target size of up to DKK 10 billion (approximately €1.34...
EU Approves Germany’s Coronavirus “Umbrella” Scheme
The European Commission has approved a German “umbrella” scheme to support the uncovered fixed costs of companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme...
EU OKs €10M In State Aid To Help Irish Tourism Affected...
The European Commission has approved a €10 million Irish scheme to support companies operating in the coach tourism sector affected by the coronavirus outbreak....
Antitrust Official: EU Won’t Relax Merger Rules During COVID-19
The European Union won't weaken merger rules during the COVID-19 pandemic even if companies announced that they are likely to go bust without a...
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Transformed the U.S. Postal Service into a...
By J. Gregory Sidak, Criterion Economics
Years before the widespread use of email and the World Wide Web, Congress directed in the Postal Reorganization Act...
Open for Business: Cartel Enforcement and the Procurement Collusion Strike Force’s...
A global pandemic and economic disruption make effective deterrence, detection, and prosecution of cartels more important than ever. While COVID-19 is a novel virus,...
