by 21st Century Competition | Jul 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
French competition authorities said Thursday that they have raided various offices of eye lens makers as part of its investigation into suspicions of anticompetitive behavior. Reports say the antitrust authority conducted the searches Wednesday, though regulators did...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
The EU’s largest publically traded water firm Veolia Environment has reportedly reached a deal to divest certain assets to an Israeli company. Reports say Veolia will sell its waster, waste and energy operations in Israel to Oaktree Capital Management. The deal...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft has been given regulatory clearance to acquire Morgan Stanley’s oil trading operations, according to reports. The US Federal Trade Commission granted clearance for the transaction, but the deal remains subject to approval by the...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
TechCrunch has reportedly received leaked documents that shed light on the specific grievances Yelp claims against Google, first revealed earlier this week when reports emerged that Yelp had filed an official complaint against the search conglomerate with the European...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
A report released this week that accuses the US’s top five gasoline companies of unfairly preventing the sale of certain ethanol mixtures has given senators reason to revamp their fight to have an investigation conducted into the industry. Senators Amy Klobuchar...