Tag: european commission

Covestro’s 10% Drop: Merger Arbitrage Opportunity or Value Trap?

Covestro is in the middle of a takeover by ADNOC, but the…

EU Hits Google with €2.95 Billion Fine and Warns of Possible Adtech Breakup

The European Commission has fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant…

Zalando’s EU Court Loss Harmless; Real Threats Are Weak Demand, Shein and Temu

The General Court of the European Union on September 3 dismissed Zalando’s…

EU Has Tough DMA Choices to Make, Now Including AI

The European Commission has launched a consultation on the Digital Markets Act…

Salmon Producers Reassure Investors With Higher Prices After Weak Quarter

The recent Q2 results from two of the world’s largest salmon producers…

Learn to Apply Financial Market Data Directly to Antitrust Cases

Learning how financial markets work is not about becoming a millionaire—though if…

UK Kicks Off Getty–Shutterstock Merger Review, Phase II Likely

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) formally launched its review of…

Deutsche Telekom–Perplexity Partnership Tests Mobile Search Dominance

For two decades, the antitrust story of search has revolved around Google’s…

BBVA-Sabadell: How Intervention Can Undermine a Merger’s Value

BBVA is taking the Spanish government to the Supreme Court in a…

UAE, M&A and EBITDA: Lessons From EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation

When the European Commission launched its Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) in 2023,…

Why Brussels Is Looking at EBITDA to Police Subsidies

This profitability metric can play an important role under the Foreign Subsidies…

Microsoft, Google & Amazon Soar in the Cloud While Watchdogs Hit Snooze

The latest earnings season delivered another round of impressive results for the…