Deals Rumor Mill: Facebook, Telecom Italia, CVC Capital

By Benjamin Horney (September 25, 2014, 5:22 PM EDT) -- Facebook Inc.'s $19 billion acquisition of popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp will receive unconditional European Union approval, Reuters said on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Since mid-July, the deal — first announced in February — has been under investigation by EU antitrust officials who were looking into whether it would have too much of an impact on competition. "It's unconditional clearance," Reuters quoted one of its anonymous sources as saying....

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