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UK Government Eyes Crypto Opportunity With ‘Agile’ Legislation

Little has been heard from Rishi Sunak since losing the Tory leadership race to rival Liz Truss, now Prime Minister of the U.K., earlier this month. While his...
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UK Watchdog Eyes Google, Amazon, Microsoft In Antitrust Probe

Media regulators are looking into whether large US tech companies including Amazon and Google have formed a monopoly over cloud computing in Britain, officials said...
Google

Publishing Class-Action Cases May Mean Trouble For Google In UK, EU

UK newspapers have this week been reporting that the law firm Humphries Kerstetter is planning to bring a class action case against Google in...
UK

UK Regulator Says FTX Not Recognized To Conduct Business

Britain’s top financial regulator is alerting consumers that Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX is operating in the UK without proper authorization. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the Bahamas-based...
Sony

Sony “Appreciates” UK Watchdog’s Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal Probe

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the United Kingdom confirmed it is moving forward with a more in-depth investigation of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard...
Korean Air Lines

UK Probes Korean Air Lines’ $1.29B Asiana Buy

The UK Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it has started a formal investigation into Korean Air Lines's $1.29 billion acquisition of Asiana...
Google

UK & The Netherlands Go After Google AdTech Practices

Google is being sued in the UK and the Netherlands where two suits have been announced today seeking damages on behalf of publishers who...
Visa, Mastercard

UK Questions Visa, Mastercard Cross-Border Fees

Visa and Mastercard pushed back against U.K. regulators examining 2021 cross-border fee hikes, saying the increases were triggered by the U.K.’s exit from the...
CMA

UK Regulator Cracks Down On ‘Bundling’ Rules

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) this week announced that it has directed NatWest to issue refunds after it was found to have...
Microsoft-Activision

UK Watchdog Says Microsoft-Activision Deal Could Hurt Competition

The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog said Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard could hinder competition and warrants further investigation. The Competition...
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