Tag: Probe
US: Facebook announces new FTC probe
Just a few hours after Facebook agreed to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) US$5 billion fine, Facebook announced an FTC antitrust probe into the...
Italy: Possible collusion ordered to stop
Italy's antitrust authority has ordered Telecom Italia, Wind Tre, Vodafone Italia and Fastweb to halt any possible collusion over billing practices, pending the conclusion...
US: FTC’s Whole Foods-Amazon review leads to probe
What started as a review of Amazon’s planned acquisition of Whole Foods has turned in a different direction according to a source close to...
UK: Investment consultants plan to fight competition probe
The world’s biggest investment consultants plan to fight against a full-blown competition probe in the UK after the country’s financial watchdog suggested their proposed...
EU: UK’s proposal for RBS disposal of assets probed
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Britain’s largest taxpayer-owned bank, faces an in-depth European Union review into whether a new plan to satisfy the conditions...
US: FBI looking into antitrust violations in road contracts
Federal investigators are in the midst of yet another probe in Frankfort, KY, – this time looking for any potential antitrust violations in road...
“From Collusion to Competition” – 13th Issue
Oct 31, 2013
CPI Cartel Column edited by Rosa Abrantes-Metz (Global Economics Group/NYU Stern School of Business)
Welcome to the October issue of “From Collusion from...
The European Commission’s CDS Investigations: How to Balance Stability and Competition...
Thibault Balthazar, Bruno Lebrun, Jul 28, 2011
On April 29, 2011, the European Commission (the "Commission") announced two antitrust investigations on the Credit Default Swaps...
Google, IBM, SAP, and The Others: Is the European Commission Targeting...
Lorenzo Coppi, Jan 27, 2011
The European Commission has recently opened an antitrust investigation in connection to Google's commercial practices. This is just the last...