The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is seeking feedback on two new proposed airline alliances, Scoot with Tiger Airways and Singapore Airlines with Air New Zealand. Scoot and Tiger Airways have agreed to cooperate with...
Read More →The ACCC has called for further comment on AGL’s proposed acquisition of Macquarie Generation and identified serious competition concerns in a ‘Statement of Issues’ released this month. The regulator said its preliminary view is that...
Read More →Last month, the ACCC announced that it would oppose Sonic Healthcare Limited’s proposed acquisition of the assets of the Delta Imaging Group, which was in liquidation. The ACCC considered that the proposed acquisition would substantially...
Read More →Last week, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the European Commission (EC) both gave Microsoft the go-ahead to buy Nokia’s handset and services business, and cleared a patent licensing agreement between the companies. The €5.44 billion (approximately A$8.15...
Read More →The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently released its quarterly report for September 2013. The report provides an outline of the activities that the ACCC, along with the Australian Energy Regulator, have been involved...
Read More →The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is ready to do battle with American Airlines and US Airways to block their mega-merger, but the airlines have the option of agreeing divestments in order to settle legal...
Read More →On 25 September 2013, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a joint model waiver of confidentiality to facilitate cooperation with foreign competition authorities when considering multi-jurisdictional mergers and civil...
Read More →GlaxoSmithKline has made a strategic decision to focus on its core healthcare brands and has, therefore, agreed that its Consumer Business will sell two of its key nutritional drink brands to Japanese consumer goods company,...
Read More →On 7 August 2013, the South African Competition Commission cleared the second stage of the sale of Independent News & Media South Africa (Pty) Ltd (INMSA), a South African publishing company, subject to conditions relating...
Read More →After months of too-ing and fro-ing, MOFCOM is finally comfortable with the commitment’s proposed in relation to MediaTek Inc’s US$4 billion acquisition of MStar Semiconductor Inc and has cleared the acquisition subject to the commitments. ...
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