Tag: European Commission
EU: Brussels questions purchase of Air Berlin by Lufthansa
The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, has stated assurances that the EU Executive is analyzing "very thoroughly" the acquisition of Air Berlin by...
EU: EC ‘monitoring’ tracker mortgage overcharging issue
The European Commission is "monitoring developments" in the tracker mortgage overcharging issue in Ireland but is not yet in a position to open an...
EU: Qualcomm-NXP ruling may be held in 2018
The European Union’s competition watchdog may not decide on the fate of Qualcomm Inc.’s US$38 billion buyout of NXP Semiconductors NV until next year,...
EU: Brussels set to fine car seat belt, airbag cartel in...
According to Reuters, EU antitrust regulators are set to fine a group of companies involved in a cartel for car seat belts, airbags and...
EU: General Court quashes ICAP fine in first Libor judgment
TP ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker, has been partially cleared by the Luxembourg-based General Court over allegations that it plotted with a cartel...
Google’s Antitrust Woes Around the World
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Google's Antitrust Woes Around the World
By Elena Perotti (World Association of Newspapers)
Abstract: In this paper, Elena Perotti...
EU: Commission targets aviation brokers in antitrust probe
European Commission (EC) regulators have launched an antitrust investigation into aviation broking, taking on the mantle from UK watchdogs.
The EC said Friday, October 27,...
EU: Commission raids BMW in massive cartel case
EU antitrust regulators have raided the offices of automaker BMW in Munich, the company said, in a fresh blow to the German car industry...
EU:Commission wants Gazprom to sweeten concessions
The European Commission wants Russian gas giant Gazprom to make more concessions in order to end a six-year long antitrust investigation, the Commission said...
EU: Abertis and Atlantia toll motorway merger approved by EC
The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Abertis by Atlantia. The Commission has come to the conclusion that the merged entity would...
