by 21st Century Competition | May 4, 2014 | Global Blogs
While Netflix spoke out against the proposed merger between cable giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable only weeks ago, reports say the company seems to be the lone opposition to the deal as other companies look to get on Comcast’s good side. As reports explain,...
by 21st Century Competition | May 4, 2014 | Global Blogs
A subsidiary of Warren Buffett has acquired one of the largest regulated energy transmission firms in Canada, according to reports. AltaLink will be bought by Berkshire Hathaway Energy in a deal worth nearly $3 billion. Reports say the companies expect to close the...
by 21st Century Competition | May 4, 2014 | Global Blogs
The sides are becoming ever more polar in the debate over the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed auction rules for next year’s spectrum sale. Only days after AT&T threatened to boycott the auction – and soon after retracted that threat...
by 21st Century Competition | May 4, 2014 | Global Blogs
Carlos Slim, the world’s second-richest man and owner of Mexico’s top wireless operator America Movil, is reportedly slated to acquire Bulgaria’s largest telco Mtel. Slim, who also owns Carso Global Telecom, has already reportedly filed a merger...
by 21st Century Competition | May 4, 2014 | Global Blogs
AstraZeneca has reportedly rejected a reported $106 billion buyout offer made by US peer Pfizer last Friday, claiming the bid “substantially” undervalued the company. According to reports, Pfizer submitted its bid and UK-based AstraZeneca rejected it all...
by 21st Century Competition | May 4, 2014 | Global Blogs
The US Federal Trade Commission has reportedly filed an amicus brief urging an appeals court to reverse an earlier dismissal of a pharmaceutical pay-for-delay lawsuit. The FTC filed the brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, asking it to reverse the...
