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Mondelez International Inc
EU set to fine Oreo maker Mondelez for blocking cross-border sales
...Regulators can impose fines of up to 10 per cent of a company’s global turnover if they are found to have broken EU competition law. The commission declined to comment....
April 16, 2024
US financial regulation
Largest US supermarket deal caught in Biden antitrust crackdown
...The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons, threatening the largest supermarket merger in US history in the latest sign of Washington’s crackdown on anti-competitive...
February 26, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
News in-depthMergers & Acquisitions
Dawn of the credit card war? Capital One’s $35bn deal takes aim at Visa and Mastercard
...sheriff,” said Jeff Oliver, partner at law firm Baker Botts and a former staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission’s bureau of competition....
February 22, 2024
US financial regulation
US consumer regulator proposes capping bank overdraft fees
...In October, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule to bar companies from showing consumers one price — for a concert ticket or hotel room, for example — only to inflate the final cost of the purchase...
January 17, 2024
LexMergers & Acquisitions
Dealmakers beware: US antitrust enforcers wade into workers’ rights Premium content
...The Federal Trade Commission last month sued to block Kroger’s $24.6bn bid to buy rival Albertsons, the largest supermarket deal in US history....
March 12, 2024
UK retail industry
UK competition watchdog plans probe into veterinary market
...The intervention by the CMA follows scrutiny of the veterinary market in the US, where the Federal Trade Commission in 2022 required buyout firm JAB to sell some clinics....
March 12, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
News updates from February 20: Walmart flags sales slowdown; China cuts mortgage lending rate
Competition panel allows ANZ buyout of Suncorp bank assets
...The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had said the takeover would further concentrate the banking sector....
February 19, 2024
US-China relations
Janet Yellen says US will protect green tech from China competition
...She said on the way to the meetings that she would “not rule out” raising trade barriers to protect manufacturers of green tech, including batteries and solar panels, from Chinese competition....
April 4, 2024
News updates from February 27: Hungary backs Sweden’s Nato bid, FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger
FTC sues to block biggest supermarket merger in US history
...The US Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Kroger Company’s acquisition of Albertsons Companies in a move that threatens the largest supermarket merger in US history....
February 26, 2024
Rana Foroohar
The great US-Europe antitrust divide
...This unleashed a torrent of investigations of corporate power by the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau....
February 5, 2024
News in-depthChinese economy
China warns west of ‘survival of the fittest’ as manufacturing boosts economy
...from low consumer and investor confidence and deflationary pressures....
April 17, 2024
Unhedged
Are higher rates inflationary? Premium content
...But remember, over the same period, interest expenses and inflation were rising, too. The chart below uses data on non-mortgage consumer interest income from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis....
April 18, 2024
Chinese economy
China’s factory activity adds to signs of recovery
...It said policies to boost domestic consumption through large-scale equipment upgrades and consumer goods trade “need to be further detailed and implemented” to provide strong support for manufacturers....
March 31, 2024
Rana Foroohar
To surge or not to surge, the algorithm is the question
...The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, following numerous complaints from tenants’ associations, recently took a joint action to fight algorithmic collusion in the residential housing market...
March 10, 2024
Apple Inc
US accuses Apple of building smartphone market monopoly in antitrust case
...The Federal Trade Commission, another US competition regulator, has sued Amazon, alleging it illegally uses monopoly power to overcharge consumers and exploit sellers, and is pursuing a case that aims to...
March 21, 2024
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
Electric vehicles
Renault calls for European war chest to tackle Chinese EV competition
...The boss of Renault has called for a European war chest to fund electric vehicle subsidies and raw materials, as well as joint infrastructure planning, to see off fierce competition from China....
March 19, 2024
Chinese business & finance
Chinese city of Shenzhen rolls out plan to boost car exports
...The policy was crafted to “seize the opportunity from the development of car exports” and build an industrial cluster bridging car production, shipping and trade, the statement said, while aiming to turn...
February 27, 2024
US financial regulation
US consumer finance regulator wants to extend oversight to Big Tech
...theme for Chopra, who advocated for tougher antitrust policies in his former role at the US Federal Trade Commission....
November 7, 2023
Letter
Letter: Alas, EU digital markets are Big Tech plaything
...There is a “fierce sense of urgency” to act, as Lina Khan, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, noted back in January 2022....
February 21, 2024
Artificial intelligence
Big Tech’s AI partnerships draw inquiry from FTC
...The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into the partnerships between Big Tech cloud providers and generative AI companies, targeting the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and OpenAI with demands for...
January 25, 2024
LexHelen Thomas
The Lex Newsletter: New terrain for antitrust watchdogs Premium content
...The US Federal Trade Commission last month sued to block Kroger’s $24.6bn bid to buy rival Albertsons, the largest supermarket deal in history....
March 13, 2024
Mercedes-Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz boss urges Brussels to cut tariffs on Chinese EVs
...Chinese companies looking to export to Europe was a “natural progression of competition and it needs to be met with better product, better technology, more agility”, he added....
March 12, 2024
FT Swamp Notes
Big Tech must be scared Premium content
...Too often, it seemed to me, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice either missed their target or triggered unintended consequences that spun out of their control....
March 11, 2024
Due Diligence
Five big finance questions for 2024
...And under chair Lina Khan, the US Federal Trade Commission brought its first lawsuit targeted at serial acquisitions by private equity firms, targeting Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe over its takeovers...
January 2, 2024
US & Canadian companies
US agencies broaden crackdown on ‘junk fees’
...The measures by the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Wednesday have the potential to significantly alter how US companies display prices to shoppers....
October 11, 2023

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