Proposals for a more efficient European merger control
March 12, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Proposals for a more efficient European merger control By Aleksandra Boutin & Xavier Boutin
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Netherlands: Akzo Nobel rejects $22 billion bid
March 9, 2017
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Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel rejected a $22 billion bid from larger US rival PPG Industries, saying instead
US: Bar sues Trump for unfair competition
March 9, 2017
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A Washington restaurant filed an unfair competition lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump and the company that runs his DC
US: British American Tobacco/Reynolds $47bn clears first antitrust hurdle
March 9, 2017
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Reynolds American and British American Tobacco announced Thursday that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act relating to BAT’s proposed
Mexico: New antitrust rules for Slim’s América Móvil
March 9, 2017
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Mexican regulators have imposed new regulations on billionaire Carlos Slim’s América Móvil designed to boost competition in the domestic telecoms
Germany: Bayer, Monsanto start $2.5 billion asset sale to get merger cleared
March 9, 2017
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German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer and US seeds company Monsanto are launching asset sales worth roughly $2.5 billion
Italy: Conditional approval to L’Espresso and La Stampa merger given
March 9, 2017
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On Thursday Italy’s Antitrust Authority gave conditional approval to the merger of L’Espresso group and La Stampa. They represent three
Australia: ACCC gets tough with Audi ‘for breaking rules’
March 9, 2017
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has stepped up pressure against Volkswagen, filing a second legal action against the German
UK: 21st Century Fox rejects Sky takeover bid concerns
March 9, 2017
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21st Century Fox has defended its $12bn takeover bid for broadcaster Sky after Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said she was
EU: Court upholds penalty on Samsung SDI over price fixing
March 9, 2017
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The Court of Justice of the European Union on Thursday upheld a $1.55 billion fine slapped on Samsung SDI over
