The Sherwin-Williams Company announced that the Federal Economic Competition Commission of Mexico informed the company that its appeal relating to its pending acquisition of Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. was denied and the acquisition is ...
Tags: Appeal, Comex Acquisition
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW has completed the acquisition of the U.S./Canada business of Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. Sherwin-Williams will pay $90 million in cash and assume liabilities currently valued in the range of $75 million. ...
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The European Commission (EC) has approved US-based Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) proposed acquisition of Australian grain handler and processor GrainCorp for A$2.8bn ($2.95bn). The approval by the EC brings the number of government ...
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TWO members of the glass cartel — Glass South Africa and National Glass Distributors — have settled with the Competition Commission and had their settlement agreements confirmed on Thursday. The Competition Tribunal in June ...
Tags: Construction glass, Glass Cartel
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has cleared US-based Archer Daniels Midland Company’s (ADM) proposed acquisition of Australian grain handler and processor Graincorp. This approval brings the number of government agencies that have ...
Google has once again been told by the European Union that it must do more to allay fears that it is attempting to squeeze rivals from the web search market, after competitors - including Microsoft - voiced concerns that the concessions ...
Tags: Computer Products, google, web search
Soft drinks firm Britvic has signalled its willingness to either renegotiate the terms of its merger with business rival AG Barr or abandon the deal, after the Competition Commission issued a final approval today (July 9) Britvic is ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soft drink
Eleven cement companies will be forced to make a provision of Rs 669 crore in the June quarter for the Rs 6,698-crore penalty levied on them by the Competition Commission of India. In the cement price cartelisation case, the Supreme Court ...
Tags: Cement, Construction, Decoration
The proposed merger of UK-based soft drink giants AG Barr and Britvic has received provisional clearance from the Competition Commission (CC) of the UK. The commission reviewed the context of the potential transaction and said that the ...
Tags: soft drink, Food
Britvic's announcement last month that it planned to cut its operational costs by £30M by closing factories at Chelmsford, Huddersfield and a warehouse in Belfast may have been well received by City analysts, but came as a "bitter ...
Tags: Britvic, Job losses, Agriculture&Food
Google is likely to have to agree to more concessions before the European Union's antitrust probe into the web giant is settled, says Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (pictured). The world's number one web firm has been under ...
Tags: Google, EU Antitrust, Computer Products
Irn-Bru manufacturer AG Barr is still committed to a merger with Britvic, according to its latest financial statement covering the 15 weeks from January 27 to May 12. AG Barr 'outperformed a sluggish market' said Panmure Gordon The ...
Soft drinks firm Britvic is to close two factories and a warehouse, placing up to 400 jobs in jeopardy, in a bid to slash costs by £30M by 2016. Britvic's plans to cut 400 jobs with the closure of two factories and a warehouse are ...
Tags: Soft drinks, Food
The planned sale of stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance Company to Industrial Investment Trust Ltd (IITL) has received approval from fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI). The approval was granted after a ...
Tags: Service
The new Groceries Code Adjudicator, tasked with policing the multiple retailers, has pledged to clean up illegal “kickback” practices, whereby suppliers are forced to use third-party suppliers favoured by the supermarkets, ...