US: T-Mobile and Sprint close to a deal
September 24, 2017
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Sprint and T-Mobile could reach a deal before November according to Reuters’ anonymous sources. The 3rd and 4th largest wireless
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Germany: Lufthansa bids €200m for Air Berlin
September 24, 2017
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On Sunday, September 24, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported that Lufthansa has bid €200 million (US$239 million) to buy
EU: October deadline set for steel merger decision
September 24, 2017
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The European Commission (EC) has set an October 26 deadline to decide on Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s acquisition of Italian steel
UK: CMA clears ATM acquisition after inquiry
September 24, 2017
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finalized its inquiry into the already completed acquisition of DirectCash Payments by
South Africa: Unilever ditching its margarine and spreads
September 24, 2017
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Unilever is making good on its promise from earlier this year to exit its spreads and margarine business. The company
Duty to Treat Downstream Rivals Equally: (Merely) a Natural Remedy to Google’s Monopoly Leveraging Abuse
September 23, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Duty to Treat Downstream Rivals Equally: (Merely) a Natural Remedy to Google’s Monopoly Leveraging
Heterodox Antitrust Economics
September 21, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Heterodox Antitrust Economics By James Ming Chen (Michigan State University) Abstract: Antitrust economics
EU: US chipmaker asks EC to probe Taiwanese manufacturer
September 21, 2017
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US based chipmaker GlobalFoundries has complained to the European Commission that Taiwanese rival TSMC has been abusing loyalty rebates, exclusivity
US/Taiwan: Google making moves back into smartphone hardware
September 21, 2017
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On Thursday, September 21, Google announced that it is paying US$1.1 billion for a division of Taiwan’s HTC. Specifically, Google
Merger control filing issues regarding transactions involving multi-steps arrangement
September 21, 2017
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CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Merger control filing issues regarding transactions involving multi-steps arrangement By
