UK: Regulators might probe $14.4Bn Fox-Sky deal
March 5, 2017
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Moments after Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox had formally asked the European Union to approve its $14.4Bn takeover of pay-TV
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US: Trump slow to nominate antitrust officials
March 5, 2017
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It would appear that President Donald Trump is taking longer than Bush and Obama to announce a nominee to head
UK: Competition regulator targets ‘illegal’ deals between Actavis, Concordia
March 5, 2017
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The allegations are adding up against the former Actavis unit in the UK A couple of months after competition watchdogs
EU: LSE still working on Deutsche Boerse merger
March 5, 2017
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London Stock Exchange said Friday that it will continue to work on its proposed merger with Deutsche Boerse as it
India: A modern competition watchdog is needed, says Sitharaman
March 5, 2017
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India wants a Competition Commission that is going to look at things from the point of view of today’s situation
US: Five air carriers awarded new Mexico City slots
March 5, 2017
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The Department of Transportation has tentatively redistributed the landing rights in Mexico City and New York that it is requiring
UK: BT chief attacks rampant price rises for TV sports rights
March 5, 2017
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The chief executive of BT has said that rampant inflation in the prices paid for TV sports rights must come
Data-Opolies
March 5, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Data-Opolies By Maurice E. Stucke (University of Tennessee) & Allen P. Grunes (The Konkurrenz Group)
South Korea: Samsung heir ‘trial of the century’ starts this week
March 5, 2017
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Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee will go on trial for bribery and embezzlement on Thursday, amid a corruption scandal that
EU: ChemChina takeover of Syngenta nears approval
March 5, 2017
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Following Syngenta and ChemChina making minor concessions to EU regulators recently, reports say the US$43 billion merger is on track
