Tag: Deal
Deal To Create Global Agriculture Trading Giant In The Works
A merger of US grains merchant Bunge with rival Viterra would grow the combined entity's businesses in the US, Brazil and Australia and may...
UK Regulator Probes On the Key Group’s Proposed Deal
The Competition and Markets Authority of the UK has initiated an inquiry into the Key Group's planned acquisition of RM Integris and RM Finance,...
Sony Calls UK’s Reversed Stance On Microsoft Activision Deal ‘Surprising &...
The UK government's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released the feedback on their initial assessment that Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision would not...
Four More States Join Antitrust Suit To Block JetBlue, Spirit Deal
The attorneys general from California, Maryland, New Jersey, and North Carolina have joined an antitrust lawsuit to prevent JetBlue Airways from acquiring Spirit Airlines.
“This...
Avianca Defends Viva Air South American Deal
Latam Airlines has expressed interest in acquiring the carrier, joining Chile’s JetSmart, and putting Avianca in defense mode over its proposed merger with Viva.
“The...
US: FTC seeks to block Wilhelmsen-Drew marine Merger
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Friday, February 23, it would challenge in court the Norwegian company Wilhelmsen Maritime Services’ plan to...
US: Can competitor block Panera’s sale to Krispy Kreme?
A Montana-based bakery-café chain filed a Federal Trade Commission objection this week that questions the potential “anticompetitive effects” of the sale of Panera Bread...
US: Talk about carb loading, Krispy Kreme buys Panera
The investment firm that owns Krispy Kreme, Caribou Coffee and other enterprises, is purchasing the Panera Bread.
The deal with JAB Holding is valued at...
UK: Regulators might probe $14.4Bn Fox-Sky deal
Moments after Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox had formally asked the European Union to approve its $14.4Bn takeover of pay-TV giant Sky on Friday,...
EU/Brazil: Heineken is taking on Anheuser-Busch with a new $1.1bn deal
Heineken, the world's second-largest brewer, agreed on Monday to buy the loss-making Brazilian breweries of Japan's Kirin Holdings, boosting its presence in the world's...
