Tag: Merger
US: DOJ officials appeal AT&T-Time Warner approval
On Thursday the US government launched an appeal of a court ruling that gave AT&T the green light for its $80bn takeover of entertainment...
UK: Paddy Power Betfair completes FanDuel merger
Gambling giant Paddy Power Betfair announced it has completed the merger of its US business with FanDuel, the US fantasy sports betting site founded...
US: Fox Shareholder sues to stop Disney merger
While 21st Century Fox shareholders are poised to meet on July 27 to discuss the Walt Disney's Co's bid to purchase a majority of...
US: Comcast set to raise the stakes with US$39b Sky bid
Comcast is expected to submit a formal £22 billion (US$39 billion) takeover bid for Sky this week, laying the ground for a bidding war...
EU: French shipping line approaches German rival
French container shipping company CMA CGM has approached rival Hapag-Lloyd over the possibility of merging, a deal that would create the biggest container carrier...
Singapore: Ryde calls Grab-Uber merger ‘detrimental’
Echoing the sentiment that the merger decreased competition was Ryde which told the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) that it disagreed with...
Singapore: Grab finds fault with CCCS analysis
Grab announced says that it has considered Singapore’s Competition and Consumer Commission’s (CCCS) decision that the merger of Uber and Grab lessens competition in...
Bulgaria: Competition watchdog approves sale of Victoria Bank
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has approved the sale of Victoria Bank, the subsidiary of bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), to Investbank. The...
EU: Praxair, Linde to close merger this year
Praxair sells European gas assets to Taiyo for around €5bn (US$5.9bn) to address EU antitrust concerns and secure approval for its merger with Linde....
India: CCI launches online guidance system for merger and acquisitions
The Competition Commission today launched an online guidance system on merger and acquisitions rules in order to simplify compliance requirements.
The online guidance system has...
