by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
Indonesia has reportedly decided to abandon plans to merge state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara with Pertagas, the second scrapped merger by the government in a month. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik announced Wednesday that gas distributor merger would...
by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has shot down EC presidential candidate Jean-Claude Juncker’s calls for a competition policy overhaul, calling the suggestion “misguided.” Reports say Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for an overhaul...
by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
Israel’s two leading supermarket chains were faced with dawn raids Wednesday with the nation’s Antitrust Authority searched their main offices, reports say. Regulators collected documents from Super-Sol and Mega Blue Square to aid the authority’s...
by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
Six US Senators have approached the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over the proposed merger between Pfizer and AstraZeneca, despite the fact that a formal merger deal has yet to be made. Reports say the senators, all...
by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
Mexico paint giant Comex has filed a lawsuit against Sherwin-Williams over the companies’ failed merger, reports say. The $2.3 billion acquisition plans, first announced by US firm Sherwin-Williams last November, was rejected twice by Mexico’s federal...
by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
The Competition Bureau has reportedly sent a recommendation to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission urging the regulator to ensure that small wireless operators have access to wholesale services. Canada’s competition authority said...
