Tag: watchdog
Canadian Watchdog Probes Price Hikes In Grocery Sector
Canada’s Competition Bureau is launching a study of grocery store competition in the country amid a growing outcry over surging prices for food.
While extreme...
Australian Watchdog Seeks To Block Virgin Australia-Alliance Partnership
Australia’s competition watchdog is proposing to reject an extension of a charter partnership between Virgin Australia and Alliance Aviation, citing concerns that it could...
Italy Antitrust Watchdog Probes Autostrade Over Abuse Of Dominant Position
Italy's antitrust watchdog has opened an inquiry into Autostrade per l'Italia over whether the motorway group had abused its dominant position in electronic toll...
Philippines: Watchdog fines on Grab, Uber
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has slapped a 12 million peso (US$222,563) fine on ride-hailing platform Grab and another 4 million peso (US$74,190) fine...
Australia: Watchdog tells Port of Newcastle to reduce charges for Glencore
On Monday, October 8, Australia’s competition regular declared that Port of Newcastle Operations (PNO) must reduce its charges for ships entering the port to...
UK: Watchdog slaps Lloyds with legal demands over PPI failures
The UK’s competition watchdog has handed Lloyds legal directions after the lender failed to meet its obligations around managing accounts with payment protection insurance...
EU: Watchdog to decide on Sony/EMI deal by October
Sony will know by October 26 whether EU antitrust regulators will wave through its US$2.3 billion offer for control of EMI to become the...
Egypt: Watchdog sees issues with Uber/Careem deal
The Egyptian Competition Authority is working on a full-fledged report on the potential impact of the region-wide merger deal between Uber and Careem on...
UK: Watchdog proposes new regulations on lending platforms
The UK watchdog in charge of investor oversight proposed tough new regulations regarding peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, in a bid to help consumers wade...
China: Watchdog is open to making mends with Qualcomm
China regrets Qualcomm’s decision to abandon its bid to buy NXP Semiconductors and still hopes to find a way to resolve the antitrust concerns...
