Hints and tips:
...One of the lawyers representing the group is Christine Varney, who once ran the US justice department’s antitrust division. Still, do not expect Apple to compromise....
...Christine Varney, lawyer for Time Warner Ms Varney led the DoJ’s antitrust division under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011, during which time she approved Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal....
...question put by Stuart Varney of Fox Business Network last week. To his credit, Mr Cohn did not back away from his reservations about the president’s response to Charlottesville....
...“The conditions imposed will maintain an open and fair marketplace while at the same time allow the innovative aspects of the transaction to go forward,” says Christine Varney, now head of the antitrust...
...Nick Varney, chief executive of Merlin, which runs theme parks including Legoland, has said the exchange rate “should provide support to the UK tourism market from domestic and international visitors, benefiting...
...However, by 2017 the business should be back to normal, says Nick Varney, chief executive. It is hard to be certain, though....
...Mr Varney said he expected Legoland opportunities to come up in North America and China....
...Nick Varney, chief executive, said he hoped the deal would be “the start . . . of a wider collaboration with DWA”....
...“CEOs and global counsels expressed the need for international co-operation, particularly with the Europeans,” says Ms Varney of her arrival at the justice department....
...Ms Varney, a former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, styles herself as pragmatic....
...Ms Varney left the DoJ in early August....
...Before her departure, Ms Varney had been leading efforts to reinvigorate US antitrust policy and enforcement....
...But some antitrust experts argue that the DoJ, under the leadership of Christine Varney, has become more creative in its application of behavioural remedies....
...He adds that Christine Varney, head of the antitrust division at the DoJ, has a very different agenda to her Bush-nominated predecessor, Tom Barnett....
...“If they were to merge, they would have the ability and incentive to raise the cost of stock listings, increase listing fees and reduce the quality of services,” said Christine Varney, head of the US justice...
...“The agreement between Lucasfilm and Pixar restrained competition for digital animators without any pro-competitive justification and distorted the competitive process,” said Christine Varney, assistant...
...John Conyers, lead Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to Christine Varney, head of antitrust enforcement at the agency, urging that the proposed deal be reviewed “carefully to ensure competition...
...Before joining the DoJ, Ms Varney said in public remarks that she believed Google had “acquired a monopoly in internet online advertising”....
...The decision marks the second time that Christine Varney, head of the DoJ’s antitrust division, has scuppered a deal following a lawsuit or, in this case, a threat to file suit....
...Ms Varney’s predecessors in the Bush administration sought record fines and penalties against airlines and other industries involved in collusion....
...Nick Varney, Merlin chief executive, told the Financial Times that no flotation had been pulled, since none had been announced....
...“We are following the market,” Mr Varney said. “This is an obvious place for us to be located.”...
...Mr Varney argues it is impossible to compare Merlin to listed leisure rivals, as it is “unique”....
...Gordon Brown, prime minister, commissioned Sir David Varney, a former head of the UK Inland Revenue, to consider the issue....
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