Germany’s Bundeskartellamt has announced that it will launch a Phase II investigation of the alliance between GM, its German unit

Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica), has approved Casino’s takeover of Grupo Pão de Açúcar. Grupo Pão

The New Zealand Commerce Commission has appointed Dr. Stephen Gale as the new Telecommunications Commissioner. Since July 2010, Dr. Gale

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved Glencore’s $26 billion planned acquisition of Xstrata. Glencore is a commodities trader

Brumby’s, an Australian bakery chain, has issued an apology to the Australian Securities Exchange for encouraging price gouging and blaming

The South African Competition Tribunal has ruled that plastic pipe manufacturers and supply companies agreed to fix prices and rig

Canada’s Competition Bureau has issued a No Action Letter to Maple Group for its planned acquisitions of TMX Group, Alpha

The Japan Fair Trade Commision will not stand in the way of a merger planned between the Tokyo Stock Exchange

A jury for the U.S. District Court in San Francisco) has handed down a verdict against Toshiba. A class action

The South African Competition Commission has filed a new application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal