Antitrust Law
Parliament passes antitrust legislation on overseas mergers & acquisitions
The legislation was approved by the upper house of parliament on Monday. The lower house had ratified it last week. The bill will need a sign off from the president
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$61-billion VMware deal: Broadcom to get warning from regulators
The EU competition enforcer, which will decide on the deal by June 7
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Amazon 'faces' US FTC antitrust investigation over market practices
The FTC began probing Amazon during the tenure of Republican Chairman Joseph Simons while Donald Trump was president
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Apple to voluntarily correct its unfair commission policy in app market
Tech giant Apple has expressed its intention to voluntarily correct its commission policy, which ends up charging more for local app developers, South Korea's antitrust regulator has said
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Musk has undermined Twitter's integrity: US senators urge antitrust probe
The US lawmakers claimed that Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer, has taken alarming steps that have undermined the integrity and safety of the platform.
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Google pauses in-house billing system in India on antitrust directive
Developers in India were given an additional extension until October 31, 2022 to comply due to unique circumstances with the payments landscape in the country
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Top Headlines: RIL Q2 net flat, CCI speeds up Apple antitrust case & more
Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour
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CCI raids engineering companies after Coal India antitrust complaint
The watchdog as a matter of policy does not make public details of its ongoing price cartel investigations, or raids
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India launches antitrust raids on Amazon sellers Cloudtail, Appario: Report
India's antitrust body launched raids at two top sellers of Amazon.com Inc over violations of domestic competition laws, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said
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Coinbase CEO Armstrong calls out Apple's 'potential antitrust issues'
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong has called out Apple over "potential antitrust issues" in a recent episode of the Superstream Podcast.
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Fully cooperating with ongoing CCI investigation, says Apollo Tyres
CCI officials visited the offices of Apollo Tyres on Wednesday.
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Understanding online marketplace from antitrust point of view
Traditional antitrust tools, fine-tuned for tackling concerns of digital economy, may help prevent monopoly.
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AMD wins European Union antitrust nod for $35 billion Xilinx acquisition
The European Commission said it had not found any issues after a preliminary review.
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Google faces fine after Russian watchdog says it broke antitrust law
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service said the fine would be determined during an administrative investigation, adding Google's conduct had infringed users' interests and restricted competition
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Cook, Pichai lobbying US Senators against antitrust law: Report
US-based tech giants are worried about the new antitrust legislation as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai have been personally "calling and meeting with Senators"
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US judge rejects Facebook's request to dismiss antitrust complaint
In a blow to Facebook, US federal judge ruled that US antitrust officials can continue their case to break up Meta, Facebook's parent company
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German watchdog puts Google under closer antitrust scrutiny
Europe has led the global move to crack down on tech giants, but early efforts drew criticism that investigations took too long
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Italian watchdog fines Amazon $1.3 bn for abusing its market position
The antitrust watchdog called AGCM was particularly concerned with the benefits Amazon gives to sellers on its platform that also pay to use its FBA logistics service
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Amazon seeks to pause antitrust review of 2019 deal with India's Future
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in June accused Amazon of concealing facts and making false submissions.
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US states file updated antitrust complaint against Alphabet's Google
The updated allegations are the latest in an onslaught of regulatory scrutiny of Google over its practices
