Tag: Editor’s Pick

Financial Headwinds Temper Telefónica’s Consolidation Agenda

The Spanish telecom giant has spent much of 2025 arguing that Europe…

The App Store Is Apple’s Profit Engine — and Its Most Guarded Secret

Apple has always been seen as a hardware company — the maker…

While Google, Amazon and Microsoft Build a New Moat, Meta Rents It

Four tech giants just reported quarterly earnings, and among all the headlines…

Alphabet’s $100 Billion Quarter Shows AI Strategy is Paying Off

Alphabet just crossed a symbolic threshold: its first-ever quarter above $100 billion…

Unite-Empiric Could Be Approved with Remedies in Phase I

The UK’s student-housing sector is about to test the Competition and Markets…

Unicredit’s Results Show the Way for European Banking

UniCredit’s third-quarter results went largely unnoticed by investors. The stock fell slightly…

Veterinary Prices Are Set to Rise — What Can Regulators Do?

The UK has spent nearly two years examining the veterinary sector and…

Shares Fall 8% After CMA Decision — Getty–Shutterstock May Become a Buying Opportunity

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its Phase I decision…

Cross Border Banking M&A Is Not Dead, It Is Being Done Quietly

The failed hostile takeover attempt by BBVA on Banco Sabadell has confirmed…

UK Regulator on Visa’s Interchange Cap: From “Only Remedy” to “Better Don’t”

The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has made what may be its…

Robust, but Incomplete: Inside the CMA’s Profitability Analysis of Google

When the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority confirmed Google’s Strategic Market Status…

Poland Leads EU Cartel Enforcement in 2025: Key Trends

For all the talk about digital markets, algorithms, and gatekeepers, 2025 may…