US antitrust enforcer says pressing on with fight against Microsoft/Activision dealIn the United States, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has also fought the deal, and has an argument scheduled before an appeals court...
13 Oct, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
US antitrust enforcers tackle digital platforms in new merger guidelinesThe guidelines also specify that a merger should not eliminate a potential entrant in a concentrated market or create a situation in which ...
19 Jul, 2023, 02.52 PM IST
Microsoft moves closer to completing $69 billion Activision takeover after court rebuffs regulatorsIn a brief ruling, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded there were no grounds for issuing an order that w...
15 Jul, 2023, 11.22 AM IST
FTC faces uphill battle in Microsoft/Activision appealUS District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the largest-ever gaming industry deal, rejecting the Biden admini...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.21 PM IST
Another blow for FTC as US court refuses request to pause Microsoft-Activision dealA federal judge had previously ruled for Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the FTC had failed to show the deal would be illegal under antitrust ...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.16 AM IST
FTC to appeal judge's decision to let Microsoft buy ActivisionThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday it was appealing a federal judge's ruling that Microsoft could go forward with it...
13 Jul, 2023, 08.13 AM IST
Tough appeals lie ahead for US FTC after Microsoft-Activision ruling: expertsIn her 53-page order, US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said it was not enough for the FTC to argue that "a merger might lessen com...
12 Jul, 2023, 10.30 AM IST
FTC chair met UK antitrust officials last week but did not talk Microsoft-Activision deal: OfficialThe FTC official, speaking on Thursday, was responding to comments made by the game-maker's CEO, Bobby Kotick, who told CNBC he believed th...
28 Apr, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
- Game of Thorns
To prevent ostensibly large businesses from getting any larger, government officials are clamping down on mergers and acquisitions with unp...
27 Apr, 2023, 10.54 PM IST
US will not challenge Amazon's plan to buy One Medical: FTC officialThe FTC official said the agency planned to send a pre-consummation warning letter that would say it still had specific concerns about the ...
22 Feb, 2023, 04.40 PM IST
FTC agrees to remove Mark Zuckerberg as defendant in antitrust suitIn June, the FTC filed its complaint with U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to prevent Meta and Zuckerberg from a...
24 Aug, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
Big Tech's little mergers draw more US antitrust scrutinyFTC staff found that Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Amazon.com, Apple and Microsoft together had 616 acquisitions from 2010 to 2019 that were...
16 Sep, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Senator Elizabeth Warren questions Lockheed Martin's antitrust solution to buy AerojetLockheed Martin announced a $4.4 billion agreement to buy Aerojet late last year, a deal that has raised eyebrows because it would give Loc...
21 Jul, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Lina Khan's US FTC said to review Amazon-MGM dealAmazon said in May that it would buy the US movie studio, home to the James Bond franchise, in an $8.45 billion deal
22 Jun, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma gain on merger nodRanbaxy Laboratories rose by 2.37% to settle at Rs 720.35 on the BSE. In intra-day trade, it jumped 3.46% to touch 52-week high of Rs 728.
02 Feb, 2015, 08.24 PM IST
Sun Pharma gets US FTC clearance for Ranbaxy acquisitionThe early termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act satisfies one of the essential conditions to the closing of the Ranbaxy acqui...
02 Feb, 2015, 01.38 PM IST
- Sun to give up 3 drugs for Taro
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to sell the assets and rights of three generic drugs, which it sells in the US market, to Torrent ...
15 Aug, 2008, 12.00 AM IST