Tag: US
Blackstone Will Buy Simply Self Storage For $1.2B
Blackstone Group announced on Monday, October 26, that it had agreed to buy Simply Self Storage from Canada's Brookfield Asset Management for about US$1.2...
DOJ Expected To File Suit Against Google, Alleging Abuse Of Search...
The Trump administration is expected to sue Google on Tuesday, October 20, according to two people familiar with the matter, in what is the...
Japan Joins Forces With US & EU To Legislate Big Tech
Japan is teaming up with the US and Europe to develop tough new regulations to take on big tech, according to a Reuters report on Monday,...
California AG Joins Coalition Against AbbVie’s Alleged Anticompetitive Practices
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the US Court of...
Pilgrim’s Pride Pays $110M To Settle Price Fixing Case
Pilgrim's Pride announced Wednesday, October 15, that it will pay more than US$110.5 million in a plea agreement with the US Department of Justice's...
Two US Academics Awarded The Nobel Prize In Economic Sciences
American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to auction theory, reported The Wall Street...
US Regulators Reportedly Consider Forced Google Chrome Sale
The US Department of Justice is reportedly pondering a divestiture of several ad-tech assets, according to Politico.
Politico reports that the DoJ is considering the option...
Citadel Securities Reaches Deal To Buy Smaller Rival IMC
Citadel Securities, a leading global market maker, announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire IMC's Designated Market Making (DMM) business on...
Cicilline Wants To Unwind Facebook’s Instagram Acquisition
On Wednesday Representative David Cicilline, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, said he would be “comfortable with unwinding” Facebook’s acquisition of...
House Panel Report Takes Direct Aim At Amazon’s Retail Dominance
A House antitrust panel took direct aim at one of Amazon’s defenses against scrutiny of its retail dominance and detailed allegations about the company...
