US/EU: Akzo Shareholders support $24bn deal to create paint giant
April 5, 2017
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Almost all the leading shareholders in Akzo Nobel want the Dutch paint company to engage in the $24bn takeover negotiations
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Japan: BAT’s $49.4Bn deal for Reynolds gains antitrust approval
April 5, 2017
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Reynolds American announced that British American Tobacco has obtained unconditional antitrust approval from the Japanese authorities in relation to its
US: Talk about carb loading, Krispy Kreme buys Panera
April 5, 2017
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The investment firm that owns Krispy Kreme, Caribou Coffee and other enterprises, is purchasing the Panera Bread. The deal with
Blurring the Distinction between Public and Private Law in Spain
April 5, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Blurring the Distinction between Public and Private Law in Spain By Carlos Gorriz (Autonomous
US: Apple aims for more control in chip design
April 4, 2017
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Apple’s decision to stop licensing graphics chips from Imagination Technologies Group is the clearest example yet of the iPhone maker’s
US: Qualcomm wants antitrust case dismissed
April 4, 2017
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Qualcomm is asking a federal judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission during the last
EU: McDonald’s accused of antitrust practices in France, Italy and Germany
April 4, 2017
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McDonald’s is facing antitrust complaints in France, Germany and Italy for allegedly abusing its market power to force franchisees to
EU: UK’s proposal for RBS disposal of assets probed
April 4, 2017
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Britain’s largest taxpayer-owned bank, faces an in-depth European Union review into whether a new plan
US: Staples explores sale after failed merger
April 4, 2017
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Staples, the Framingham-based office supply retailer is exploring a sale to private equity investors, according to a new report from
US: Judge temporarily blocks law allowing Uber drivers to unionize
April 4, 2017
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A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked the city’s first-in-the-nation law that attempts to allow Uber, Lyft and taxi
