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...Unhedged: We hear a lot about the distinction between Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Why is it relevant here?...
...Section two of the Sherman Act imposes a broad ban on any “exclusionary conduct” used to monopolise a market....
...“It has become a bigger company and this could create the perception that it needs more insurance,” said Kevin Lacroix, an attorney and executive vice-president at RT ProExec, a unit of RT Specialty, an...
...The DoJ must show that any anti-competitive effects outweigh the benefits to prevail with its claim under the 132-year- old Sherman Act. Moreover, Google’s grip over the online ad market has slipped....
...Google is alleged to have violated the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act, one of the country’s corporate antitrust laws....
...The complaint, brought under section two of the Sherman Act, called for remedies that may include “structural divestitures”....
...Those trusts were broken up using lawsuits based on the 1890 Sherman antitrust act, which the DoJ also employed when it tried to penalise Microsoft for abusing its dominance in PCs....
...Alex Humphreys, a partner at Apollo, said: “We look forward to working with Aspen to build on the existing high quality specialty insurance and reinsurance business and we aim to leverage Apollo’s resources...
...Charles Shaver will become the chief executive of Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals once Carlyle and GIC complete the deal to buy the unit, Carlyle said in a press release....
...Sherman Leow, Singapore Management University Whether Spotify is a worthwhile investment depends on its growth rate and long-term margins. First, growth rate....
...LA neighbourhoods such as Sherman Oaks, whose lawns and malls sit at the busy intersection of freeways 405 and 101, have become case studies for Waze’s side-effects....
...AkzoNobel has also put its specialty chemicals unit up for sale, and Sanofi is selling a drug unit. Both auctions have attracted interest from private equity....
...(later renamed AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc).Julie A. Hill, owner of The Hill Company....
...Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals unit is also for sale, with a price expected at about €9bn....
...While American antitrust law has been based on very literal interpretations of the 1890 Sherman Act, lawmakers in Europe take a broader approach....
...Under its alternative proposal, the specialty products company would have four separate business divisions — electronic specialities; nutrition and biosciences; specialty materials; and silicones — each...
...It is intended to be split within 18 months into three companies: one in plastics and related materials, one in agricultural chemicals and seeds, and one in other specialty chemicals....
...The move arrives amid turmoil in the specialty sports retailers space as consumers increasingly shop online and buy directly from brands like Nike and Under Armour....
...Chicago-based Argon Credit LLC co-founder and CEO Raviv Wolfe said in a bankruptcy court declaration that “liquidity issues” caused the company, which offers 12- to 60-month loans in amounts ranging from...
...He likens his vision for Vevo to that of a specialty record store, in contrast to YouTube that is a “one size fits all supermarket”....
...This issue was raised by Congressmen Brad Sherman and Michael Fitzpatrick, two critics of the rating agencies, in the House’s subcommittee on capital markets on April 21, which dealt with the Securities...
...The companies will include a leading global pure-play Agriculture company; a leading global pure-play Material Science company; and a leading technology and innovation-driven Specialty Products company....
...In June, OM agreed to sell itself to Apollo and its partner Platform Specialty Products for $34 per share (about $1bn in total)....
...Howard Sherman, executive director of environmental, social and governance research at MSCI, says it reflected asset managers’ awareness of the impact these factors can have on “the risk-return profile”...
...Since the Fed last raised rates in 2006, the banking landscape in the US has changed radically, with specialty finance outfits such as Ally Financial, American Express and Discover Financial Services converting...
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