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CMA’s Fuel Market Scrutiny: High Margins, Weak Competition?

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has once again turned the…

Esso’s Dividends and ExxonMobil Sale at Risk After Italy’s Cartel Fine

On September 26, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) imposed fines on the…

Supermarket Profits Under Antitrust Scrutiny: The Netherlands Won’t Be the Last

Last week, the Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) opened an…

Airbus-Led Merger Will Face EU Scrutiny, But LEO Satellite Carve-Out Is a Red Line

A potential merger of the satellite manufacturing divisions of Airbus, Thales, and…

Amazon and Mercado Libre Walk Away Unscathed as Mexico Closes E-Commerce Probe

On September 12, 2025, Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) announced the…

Regulators Love Competition But Investors Love Monopolies

The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit has just published…

Oracle’s $455Bn Cloud Contracts Make Antitrust Scrutiny Look Obsolete

When Oracle released its fiscal Q1 results this week, the company did…

EU’s Director General Signals More Enforcement, DMA and FSR

When Lindsey McCallum, acting director general at DG Competition, spoke at the…

US Judge Gives OpenAI, Perplexity and Anthropic a Shot Against Google

When Judge Amit Mehta handed down his remedies ruling against Google last…