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UK Competition Watchdog Clears IBM-HashiCorp $6.4 Billion Merger
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UK Government Pushes Antitrust Regulator to Be 'less Risk Averse'
Date: February 13, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) - British business minister Jonathan Reynolds will demand the country's competition watchdog be "more agile" and "less risk averse" to support the government's pro-growth agenda, his...
BoE's Bailey Says Bank Rules Were Delayed Because of US Competition
Date: January 29, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England delayed introducing new rules for banks to avoid putting British firms at a competitive disadvantage to the U.S. where President Donald Trump has promised to cut...
UK Competition Regulator Launches Inquiry Into $8 Billion SLB-ChampionX Deal
Date: January 29, 2025
(Reuters) -Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it has launched an inquiry into oilfield services company SLB's proposed $8 billion deal to buy smaller rival ChampionX. The Competition...
Record $4.5 Billion EU Fine Punished Its Innovation, Google Tells EU Court
Date: January 28, 2025
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told...
Record $4.5 Billion EU Fine Punished Its Innovation, Google Tells EU Court
Date: January 28, 2025
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A record EU antitrust fine of 4.3-billion-euro ($4.5 billion) imposed on Google seven years ago punished the tech giant over its innovation, the Alphabet unit told...
Italian Watchdog Investigates Telecom Italia Contract With Former Network Arm
Date: December 23, 2024
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into the business relationship between Telecom Italia (TIM) and FiberCop, the fixed-line network company spun-off from the former phone monopoly. After the 22 billion euro ($22.90 billion) sale of FiberCop to a consortium led by U.S. investment fund KKR last July, TIM signed a 15-year master...