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UPM and Sappi Wanted to Clean Their Balance Sheets But the EC Read the Fine Print.

On paper, it makes no sense. UPM is folding its entire Communication Papers business (around €1,100 enterprise value) into a…

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PC Makers, Microsoft, and Investors Capitalize on the Great PC Resurgence

The personal computer (PC) market is experiencing its strongest momentum in years.…

UK’s Review of McCormick/Unilever Will Test Remedies and Tax Benefits

While the fate of the $44.8bn combination is more likely to be…

Uber-Delivery Hero Are Carving-Out Unprofitable Businesses, Good for Firms, Not for Regulators

Uber's €13 billion offer for Delivery Hero comes with an elegant piece…

The Financial and Antitrust Realities of the €20 Billion Bouygues-Orange-Iliad Deal

On July 15, 2026, the European Commission transferred the review of the…

Netflix Will Stream The Next World Cup in 2027 And May Not Stop There 

The 2026 World Cup is nearing its conclusion. Despite controversies surrounding ticket…

UniCredit’s Checkmate against Commerzbank Shows the Way for EU Banking Consolidation

On 8 July 2026, UniCredit published the result of a voluntary takeover…

CMA Plays Investor in ABF/Hovis

On 16 June 2026 the CMA cleared Associated British Foods' acquisition of…

A Practitioner’s Recap of Food-Supply-Chain Enforcement

For more than  a year we have tracked competition activity in food…

The £2.5 billion Overcharge Nobody Has Claimed Yet

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has spent two years documenting…