Category: Global Blogs

Japan: Mitsubishi to join Siemens in beating General Electric for takeover (Competition Policy International)

Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries could enter into a takeover bid with Germany engineering giant Siemens in efforts to acquire French turbine and train maker Alstom.

According to reports, Mitsubishi and Siemens could join forces against General Electric, which has offered to acquire the French company for $13.5 billion. In a joint …read more

Germany: Deutsche Telekom suit tests shareholder antitrust protection (Competition Policy International)

Reports say German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom is likely to win a dismissal of an appeals case filed by the founders of rival Telegate, which is seeking $829 million in damages over claims Deutsche Telekom charged unfairly high prices for directory data.

According to reports, Telegate founders Klaus Harisch and Peter …read more

US: DOJ announces guilty LIBOR plea of ex-Rabobank exec (Competition Policy International)

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that a former executive at Japanese bank Rabobank has pleaded guilty for conspiring to manipulate the Yen LIBOR benchmark, reports say.

Takayuki Yagami was charged with one count of band fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the regulator announced; he pleaded …read more

China: Alibaba inks nation’s largest-ever Internet merger (Competition Policy International)

Leading Chinese mobile browser firm UCWeb will be acquired by Alibaba, reports say, in a deal being touted as the largest Internet merger in China’s history.

The e-commerce company is slated to acquire one-third of UCWeb, allowing the web browser to more aggressively compete with market leaders Baidu and Tencent. The …read more