by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014 | Global Blogs
The subject of the FTC’s history in its first century and its potential for modernization are broad topics, and I will not be able to do them justice given constraints of time and space. I hope, however, that reflection on the unrealized Congressional vision for...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014 | Global Blogs
May 8, 2014 Earlier today, the C.D. Howe Institute issued the second of two reports on the Canada/U.S. “price gap” issue: Cross-Border Price Regulation: Anti-Competition Policy? For my comments on the first report, issued two days ago see: here. In this...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014 | European Commission
European Commission Press release Brussels, 8 May 2014 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo by the telecommunications group Liberty Global, headquartered in London, is in...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014 | European Commission
European Commission Press release Brussels, 8 May 2014 Today the Commission publishes new guidance to help governments invest in broadband. The handbook is useful for any public authority investing in broadband or looking at co-funding projects with EU structural and...
by 21st Century Competition | May 8, 2014 | European Commission
European Commission Press release Brussels, 8 May 2014 Following an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed combination of the European chlorvinyls businesses of INEOS AG of Switzerland and Solvay S.A. of...