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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…

Intesa Doesn’t Want Monte dei Paschi’s Bank. It Wants Mediobanca and Generali.

In January 2025, Monte dei Paschi was the predator. Eighteen months later…

CMA’s Probe Over Microsoft Ecosystem Adds Novel Use of Profitability Metrics

The CMA’s investigation into Microsoft, opened on 14 May 2026 under the…

Follow the Money: Chinese Subsidies and the Future of MediaMarkt 

On 28 May 2026, the European Commission opened a full-scale investigation into…

Did JD.com Overpay for Ceconomy? EU’s First Question in FSR Probe 

On 28 May 2026, the European Commission opened a full-scale investigation under…