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Synopsys-Ansys merger faces final KFTC deliberations in March
The fate of the Synopsys-Ansys merger in South Korea will be decided next month as the standing committee of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is set to deliberate on... (more story)
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Tapestry-Capri merger decision endorses flexible US market definitions
Handbag-makers Tapestry and Capri Holdings repeatedly told a US judge examining their planned merger that the US Federal Trade Commission’s “accessible luxury” hand... (more story)
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US FTC’s bipartisan revision of premerger form aims to reduce legal vulnerability
All five US Federal Trade Commissioners voted last week for a slimmer, less demanding premerger form for dealmakers than the June 2023 draft — united across party l... (more story)
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ByteDance is accused of colluding with Oracle to block legitimate acquisition offers for TikTok's US operations and effectively allocating the short video social media market between itself and Oracle, accordi... (more story)
A partial settlement between Constellation Energy and Monitoring Analytics — the independent market monitor that oversees electricity flow within the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest — hasn’t completely fixed every an... (more story)
New Hart-Scott-Rodino Act reporting statutes at the state level seek to provide clarity and improved efficiency for state attorneys general and merging parties, according to state antitrust enforcers. Washingt... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission issued a unanimous ruling denying the petition of Pioneer Natural Resources founder Scott Sheffield, the longtime petroleum industry executive who urged the agency to completely... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority has extended the review period for Japanese machinery maker Sintokogio’s proposed acquisition of French metal abrasives supplier Elastikos by 90 days. Initially notified on ... (more story)
China granted conditional approval for Synopsys's $35 billion acquisition of Ansys after a thorough examination, removing the final regulatory hurdle for the $35 billion deal that brings together two of the wo... (more story)
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved SES’s $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat. The agency said that the transaction will create a “more vigorous satellite competitor” and serves the public interest.
US President Donald Trump ordered Suirui International’s 2020 acquisition of Jupiter Systems to be unwound within the next 120 days, after an investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United ... (more story)
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The US Department of Justice’s approval of T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular last week is remarkable for the number of serious concerns Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said she had with the deal befo... (more story)
Prosus's bid to buy Just Eat Takeaway.com is worrying EU merger investigators over the tech investor's minority holding in food-delivery rival Delivery Hero*. Prosus could opt simply to sell that holding and m... (more story)
India's top competition official has voiced strong support for the proposed Digital Competition Bill, advocating for proactive "self-reporting obligations" to enhance market health, despite the existing regula... (more story)
Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, the first in Brazil to hold the three most notable positions in the country's competition authority — councilor, superintendent and president — is departing as president of the Admin... (more story)
Acuren and NV5 argue their $1.7 billion deal is complementary, but both companies offer services in the testing, inspection, certification and compliance sector in the US — particularly in nondestructive testi... (more story)
Luxembourgish satellite company SES and Intelsat, a Luxembourgish-American company that provides satellite services, have received conditional approval from Team Telecom, clearing a major hurdle for completing... (more story)
Ipiranga, Vibra and Petroleo Sabbá have each filed appeals against the approval by the Brazilian competition authority’s investigatory unit of Grupo Atem’s acquisition of river transporter WPL. The agency’s Tr... (more story)
One year after Labour came to power, fresh policy plans suggest that the UK government might be giving itself leeway for wider intervention in mergers to protect economic interests and enable domestic business... (more story)