Tag: Merger
US: Sinclair and Tribune face midnight deadline
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) deadline for comment on Sinclair's fifth version of the deal is midnight Thursday, August 9, and historically the department...
US: DOJ Delivers Appellate Argument Against AT&T/Time Warner Merger
The Justice Department (DOJ) plans to argue that the judge who approved AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner committed "fundamental errors of economic logic and...
US: Carl Icahn to block US$54b Cigna-Express Scripts merger
Billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn has amassed a sizable stake in health insurance industry giant Cigna and plans to vote against its proposed...
US: California Insurance Commissioner asks DOJ to block CVS-Aetna merger
The top insurance official in California urged the US Justice Department (DOJ) to block the merger of retail pharmacy chain CVS Health and health...
Japan: Regulator closes approval of Nagasaki banks’ merger
Over two and a half years of antitrust screening is coming to an end, allowing two regional banks in the western prefecture of Nagasaki...
US: Sprint grows as it pushes T-Mobile merger
During a quarter that saw all four national mobile carriers increase the number of postpaid subscribers , Sprint and T-Mobile grew faster than the...
UK: Competition regulator to probe Experian and ClearScore merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed its intention to launch an in-depth merger investigation on Tuesday, July 31, stating that Experian had failed...
US: China’s LeEco motion to dismiss fraud suit dismissed
LeEco, once considered the "Netflix of China," must face a fraud lawsuit over its failed US$2 billion merger with American smart TV manufacturer Vizio....
Singapore: Grab defends Uber deal
On Friday, July 27, Grab stated that it disagreed with the Singaporean anti-monopoly watchdog’s assessment that its takeover of Uber’s operations had harmed competition...
Australia: Merger creates countries largest media company
Australia’s Nine Entertainment announced a US$3 billion takeover of Fairfax Media. The deal will create the country’s largest media company and means the Fairfax...
