Big Tech's acquihire deals face regulatory scrutiny, outgoing EU antitrust official saysEuropean Union is considering stricter rules for Big Tech companies. Regulators are concerned about 'acquihires', where tech giants hire ta...
01 Aug, 2025, 12.27 PM IST
Airbus, Thales, Leonardo CEOs to discuss satellite merger with EU antitrust chiefAirbus, Thales, and Leonardo are exploring a potential merger of their satellite businesses to better compete with companies like Elon Musk...
08 Apr, 2025, 02.02 PM IST
Nvidia takes EU antitrust regulators to court for probing AI startup Run ai bidWhile the case does not have any impact on the Run:ai deal which was eventually approved by the EU competition watchdog in December last ye...
24 Feb, 2025, 11.12 PM IST
No merger scrutiny of Microsoft's hiring of Inflection staff, EU saysMicrosoft's hiring of staff from AI startup Inflection, including its co-founders, will not be scrutinised under EU merger rules. The Europ...
19 Sep, 2024, 08.54 AM IST
AI deals between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, in EU crosshairsEuropean Commission assesses tech partnerships for merger control compliance, focusing on potential market concentration effects. Regulator...
29 Jun, 2024, 08.28 AM IST
Microsoft-OpenAI's $13-billion deal set to dodge formal EU merger probeEU regulators had said in January that the deal may be subject to merger rules in the region. Microsoft, which has a non-voting position on...
18 Apr, 2024, 01.03 AM IST
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager may act if Microsoft's poaching of Inflection staff signals wider trendMicrosoft last month hired co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karen Simonyan and most of Inflection's 70-strong team for a newly created unit...
04 Apr, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
EU regulators mull easing merger rules for telcos and Big Tech to help pay network costs"The fragmentation of the EU market for electronic communications networks and services along national borders could impact the ability of ...
14 Feb, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
Digital ecosystems to be included in Big Tech antitrust, merger probes, EU regulators sayVestager made the comment as she announced an update to nearly three-decade old rules known as the Market Definition Notice that determine ...
08 Feb, 2024, 06.57 PM IST
Microsoft's OpenAI investment risks EU merger probe, EU regulators sayMicrosoft's financial backing for ChatGPT maker OpenAI may be subject to EU merger rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Tuesday, undersco...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.13 PM IST
EU examines Microsoft investment in OpenAIThe European Union's competition regulator said Tuesday it was looking into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if ...
09 Jan, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
Deutsche Bank CEO rejects EU plans on resolution rulesDeutsche Bank's CEO, Christian Sewing, has rejected the European Union's proposed plans for bank resolution rule updates, arguing that stri...
17 Apr, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Peugeot CEO confident Fiat Chrysler merger is on trackThe deal to create the world's fourth-largest carmaker has become even more vital because of the impact of the coronavirus crisis and to sp...
25 Jun, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
Tata Steel, ThyssenKrupp merger would have spiked steel prices: EUBoth companies are significant producers of metallic coated and laminated steel for packaging applications and of galvanised flat carbon st...
13 Jun, 2019, 05.09 PM IST
UPS sues EU for $2.1 bn after botched veto of TNT bidUPS is asking the EU’s General Court to award it compensation plus interest and taxes it would pay on any windfall payment, according at a ...
26 Feb, 2018, 11.51 PM IST
Fox-Sky deal said to stay with EU After UK skips deadlineUK govt asked telecom regulators earlier this month to examine media concerns, leaving a final decision on whether to block the deal with U...
25 Mar, 2017, 04.47 PM IST
- India's merger control regime
Whilst the current economic climate means that M&A activity has inevitably taken a back seat, the new competition rules signal significant ...
04 May, 2009, 02.01 AM IST