Glencore and Xstrata have finally been given the go-ahead to complete their merger after receiving clearance from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on 16 April 2013. Following a review process that took approximately 14 months,...
Read More →The internet provides a powerful tool to reach a large and diverse base of consumers. However, it also presents certain challenges for suppliers and manufacturers. For example, a manufacturer may have concerns about the impact of...
Read More →The clearances keep coming with the Unites States, Australia, New Zealand and the European Union’s competition authorities having all unconditionally cleared the merger of two of the world’s biggest publishing houses, Penguin and Random House. ...
Read More →Whilst the Easter bunny was busy preparing for the Easter rush, Lindt was busy licking its wounds and counting its losses last Thursday, after a twelve year court battle was ended when Lindt’s final appeal...
Read More →Easter has come early for Qantas and Emirates as the ACCC today granted final conditional authorisation for their global airline alliance, allowing the two airline partners to coordinate their passenger and cargo operations until 31...
Read More →On 21 December 2012, the European Commission issued Samsung with a Statement of Objections in relation to Samsung’s conduct in the recent Apple-Samsung litigation saga. The EC’s preliminary view is that Samsung’s request for injunctions...
Read More →Following on from our previous post, the European Commission (EC) has published its official decision to prohibit the proposed merger between UPS and TNT in Europe. The decision comes two weeks after the parties decided...
Read More →On the back of a meeting with the European Commission case team, United Parcel Service (UPS) has walked away from a €5.16 billion deal with TNT Express which would have enabled the parties to rival the...
Read More →On 5 November 2012, the German Federal Cartel Office announced an investigation into Deutsche Post for predatory pricing. It has been alleged by independent letter service providers that Deutsche Post charged rates which were below...
Read More →The European Commission (EC) has settled its investigation into the potential e-book price fixing practices of Apple and four of the world’s largest publishers following commitments from Apple and each of the publishers to cease...
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