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EU Approves PSA's Proposed Acquisition of Opel Vauxhall Automotive Business
Jul 7, 2017French-automaker PSA Group has received approval from the European Union antitrust authorities for the acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall brands from General Motors. Through the acquisition, PSA plans to make profitable growth not only in ...
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Lavazza Has The Only Right to Consider Acquisition of Carte Noire Coffee Business
Feb 26, 2015Italian coffee maker Luigi Lavazza has sole rights to consider the acquisition of Carte Noire coffee business from Mondelez International, as part of its contractual agreement with the latter. Lavazza was quoted by Reuters as saying: ...
Tags: Lavazza, Carte Noire Coffee
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Keurig Green Mountain Is Planning to Buy Back More Than 50% of Italian Coffee Maker
Feb 26, 2015Keurig Green Mountain is planning to buy back more than 50% of Italian coffee maker Luigi Lavazza for around $624m. This comes as Lavazza is currently raising funds for the acquisition of D.E. Master Blenders' L'Or and Mondelez ...
Tags: Keurig Green, coffee
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Volvo Makes a Provision of $497m to Pay Any Possible Fine to Be Imposed by The European
Nov 27, 2014Volvo is making a provision of €400m ($497m) to pay any possible fine to be imposed by the European Commission as a result of its ongoing investigation into the company’s violation of antitrust rules. The provision will ...
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Brazilian Regulators Are to Investigate Google After Claims by Search Rivals
Oct 16, 2013Brazilian regulators are to investigate Google after claims by Microsoft and Brazilian search rivals that the firm is involved in anti-competitive practices. Brazil's antitrust watchdog Cade said that it was looking into accusations that ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Google
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Google Seems to Have Relented in Its Long-Running Battle with The European Union
Oct 1, 2013Google seems to have relented in its long-running battle with the European Union over changing its search engine to more accurately reflect rival companies and services. The EU's commissioner responsible for competition, Joaquin Almunia, ...
Tags: google, Computer Products
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Google Must Do More to Allay Fears That It Is Attempting to Squeeze Rivals
Jul 23, 2013Google 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
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EU Investigators Raided The Offices of The Bloc's Biggest Telecommunications Providers
Jul 15, 2013European Union investigators have raided the offices of three of the bloc's biggest telecommunications providers as part of an antitrust probe examining if they're limiting their customers' access to third-party applications including ...
Tags: Mobile Operators, Antitrust Probe
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Google Is Not Obligated to Delete Sensitive Data From Its Search Index
Jun 27, 2013Google is not obligated to delete sensitive data from its search index, despite being subject to EU privacy legislation. That's the view of a top adviser to the European Court of Justice about a case concerning whether individuals can ...
Tags: google, Data, Computer Products
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Google Is Likely to Have to Agree to More Concessions
May 29, 2013Google 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
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Google Faces Another Antitrust Probe by Us Regulators Into Whether The Firm Is Using
May 28, 2013Google is facing another antitrust probe by US regulators into whether the firm is using its Google is facing another antitrust probe by US regulators into whether the firm is using its position as the world's number one web organisation to ...
Tags: Computer Products
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A US Commodity Trading House Has Filed a Class-action Lawsuit in New York Against BP,Shell
May 28, 2013A US commodity trading house has filed a class-action lawsuit in New York against BP, Shell and Statoil, the three European oil companies being investigated by the European Commission for suspected manipulation of oil prices. The oil ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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EC Could Hit Google with a Significant Fine for Its Attempts to Enforce an Injunction
May 9, 2013The European Commission (EC) could hit Google with a significant fine for its attempts to enforce an injunction to stop Apple selling its iPhones in Germany. The Commission made the antitrust finding against Motorola Mobility, which ...
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Google Has Submitted a Package of Concessions to The European Commission
Apr 15, 2013Google has submitted a package of concessions to the European Commission (EC) as it attempts to avoid a fine following an antitrust investigation. Over the past two and a half years, European Union (EU) competition regulators have been ...
Tags: Google, mobile marketplace
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Linux Users Accused Microsoft of Anti-Competitive Practices
Mar 29, 2013A Spanish association of Linux users today accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices, charging that Windows 8's Secure Boot blocks users from installing rival operating systems on new PCs. Hispalinux, which represents some 8,000 ...
Tags: Microsoft, EU Antitrust Probe, Linux Group