EU: No easy pass for Facebook, WhatApp merger (Competition Policy International)

While US authorities cleared Facebook’s $19 billion buyout of messenger application WhatsApp with few concessions, Facebook will reportedly not face the same easy merger review in the EU.

The European Commission is said to be conducting a probe of the acquisition. Part of that investigation, unnamed sources say, involves authorities requesting …read more

Source: Global Competition Law Blogs

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21st Century Competition. "EU: No easy pass for Facebook, WhatApp merger (Competition Policy International)." 21st Century Competition, 10 July 2014. https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/07/eu-no-easy-pass-for-facebook-whatapp-merger-competition-policy-international/.

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@misc{21st-century-competition2014, author = {21st Century Competition}, title = {{EU: No easy pass for Facebook, WhatApp merger (Competition Policy International)}}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/07/eu-no-easy-pass-for-facebook-whatapp-merger-competition-policy-international/}, note = {21st Century Competition} }
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