Tag: european commission

German Antitrust Regulator Clears Unicredit’s 29.9% Bid for Commerzbank

UniCredit continues clearing all the regulatory hurdles to acquire 29.9% of Commerzbank,…

Tesco, Sainsbury’s Net Profit Ratios Could Bring Regulatory Scrutiny

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Ahold Delhaize are posting profit ratios with levels and…

Leniency Applications Are Crashing (-58%), Here’s How Agencies Are Adapting

For years, leniency programs were the golden ticket for competition authorities to…

EU Regulator Clears DSV’s €14.3 Billion Bid for-Schenker

On April 8, the European Commission unconditionally cleared the merger between the…

EU and UK Regulators Approve €1.8 Billion Safran-Collins Deal With Conditions

On April 4, the European Commission and the UK's Competition and Markets…

Volkswagen’s Golf was the best-selling car of the ’90s — now it’s €1Bn liability.

Volkswagen, Ford, Stellantis, BMW, Renault, and nearly every major car manufacturer have…

When Do High Profits Signal a Lack of Competition? Above This Threshold

In the past five years, competition authorities around the world have increasingly…

Temu’s Rapid Growth May Come to a Halt in 2025

Temu – the Chinese e-commerce app known for ultra-cheap goods – has…

Where are the cartel investigations?

If you are a cartelist fixing prices across Europe with your competitors…

Safran Moves to Seal $1.8B Collins Deal with EU Concessions

French aerospace company Safran has proposed remedies to obtain European Union antitrust…

CMA’s New Merger Remedy Approach Could Benefit GXO and Safran

GXO and Safran may stand to benefit from the UK’s Competition and…

EC Auto Emissions rule: Upshift to ‘Carrot’from ‘Stick’?

The European Commission’s recent decision to ease emissions regulations on automakers marks…