by 21st Century Competition | Nov 6, 2013 | Global Blogs
Quite some time ago, we asked whether the Office Depot/OfficeMax merger was going to be able to overcome the concerns that led the FTC to sue to block the Staples/Office Depot transaction back in 1997. Now we have our answer. Yup. The FTC released a …read more...
by 21st Century Competition | Oct 28, 2013 | Global Blogs
(by Mary Guy)[1] On 17 October, the Competition Commission (CC) blocked the proposed merger between Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (hereafter “the Dorset FT merger”), the first to be...
by 21st Century Competition | Oct 24, 2013 | Global Blogs
(by Catherine Waddams) Yesterday the Prime Minister announced two new measures as a response to the latest increases in energy prices. He promised an annual review of competition in the market and to “roll back some of the green regulations and charges that are...
by 21st Century Competition | Oct 11, 2013 | Global Blogs
(by Andreas Stephan) We are once again seeing the familiar picture of one energy company announcing a significant price increase, no doubt soon to be followed by other major players in the industry. SSE is to raise gas and electricity prices by 8.2%, a figure that is...
by 21st Century Competition | Sep 25, 2013 | Global Blogs
(by Catherine Waddams) At the Labour party conference, Ed Miliband said he would freeze energy prices until 2017. Miliband’s frozen energy prices might lead to frozen homes as well. Interventions in energy markets do not have a happy history, either in...
by 21st Century Competition | Sep 16, 2013 | Global Blogs
Despite talk of a root and branch review of competition laws for more than a year, no competition minister appears in the new cabinet, outer ministry or among the various parliamentary secretaries in the new ministry announced today by PM-elect, Tony Abbott. As...
