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Review of mergers and acquisitions to resume, says PCC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:43 AM

The motu proprio review of mergers and acquisitions which was suspended for a year under the country's second coronavirus response law is set to resume, the Philippine Competition Commission said Wednesday. Read more »

China corruption busters mull making bribe givers pay

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 09 02:33 PM

China’s anti-corruption bodies and law enforcement organs have said they are exploring measures to get tougher on people who give bribes – not just officials who take them – and build a blacklist of suspected bribers. Read more »

China probe: Local govt's 'fabricating' economic data

Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 04 08:30 AM

Further cases of economic data fraud by local governments in China have been reported by the country’s top anti-corruption agency following a two-year investigation. Read more »

US aiming new lawsuit at Google over ads: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 03:58 PM

US officials are preparing a new antitrust lawsuit against Google over its power in the online advertising market, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Read more »

China's Tencent ordered to give up exclusive music rights in antitrust crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 01:05 PM

Chinese tech giant Tencent must relinquish its exclusive music label rights, the market regulator said Saturday, after finding that the firm had violated antitrust laws.   Read more »

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 billion for emissions cartel

Marine Strauss and Alexander Hübner, Reuters
Posted at Jul 09 08:30 AM

The European Commission fined German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW a total of 875 million euros ($1 billion) on Thursday for colluding to curb the use of emissions cleaning technology they had developed. Read more »

US lawmakers back Big Tech regulation bills in marathon session

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 24 08:29 PM

US lawmakers debated into the early hours Thursday over details of legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech firms with a sweeping reform of antitrust laws.   Read more »

EU antitrust regulators to investigate Google's adtech business

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 06:36 PM

Alphabet unit Google on Tuesday found itself in the EU antitrust spotlight again as regulators opened an investigation into its lucrative digital advertising business to examine whether it favors its own business over rivals, advertisers and online publishers. Read more »

Amazon's Washington critics set to pounce on MGM deal

Diane Bartz, Reuters
Updated as of May 27 08:27 AM

Amazon's move to buy the MGM movie and TV studio will provide fuel for the Seattle company's critics in the nation's capital who complain it is already too big and powerful, but experts said the deal poses few classic antitrust concerns. Read more »

Amazon hit with antitrust suit in US capital city

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 09:45 AM

Amazon was hit Tuesday with an antitrust suit from the US capital city Washington, claiming the tech giant abuses its dominant position in online retail sales, harming consumers. Read more »

After Amazon and Facebook, Germany opens Google antitrust probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 08:01 PM

Germany's antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into Google over anti-competitive practices, wielding a new law that has already been used to scrutinise other US tech giants. Read more »

Italy fines Google 100M euros for abuse of market position

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 03:49 PM

Italy's competition authority said Thursday it had fined Google more than 100 million euros ($120 million) for abuse of market position for shutting out a rival's smartphone app offering recharging of electric vehicles.   Read more »

Football: California 15-year-old files antitrust suit against NWSL

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at May 06 10:25 AM

California teenager Olivia Moultrie is at the center of a lawsuit regarding age restrictions for participants in the National Women's Soccer League.   Read more »

Apple hit with EU antitrust charge over App Store practices

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 06:41 PM

BRUSSELS - Apple was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Friday of abusing its dominance in the music streaming market via restrictive rules, the first case out of four that could lead to a hefty fine and changes in its lucrative business model. Read more »

EU to hit Apple with antitrust charge this week: source

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 09:47 AM

EU antitrust regulators are set to charge iPhone maker Apple this week with blocking rivals on its App Store following a complaint by music streaming service Spotify, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Pork mafia? Solon calls on antitrust body to probe high pork prices

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 08:36 PM

House Deputy Minority Leader Stella Quimbo said the Philippine Competition Commission should investigate if there's a "pork mafia" keeping the price of the meat high. Read more »

China takes aim at corrupt cadres and officials in expanded Inner Mongolia campaign

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 18 02:29 PM

A campaign targeting corruption in the coal industry of Inner Mongolia has been expanded to cover all cadres and officials in the northern Chinese region, with investigations to go as far back as two decades. Read more »

China antitrust: Beijing’s new rule book raises the bar for what counts as monopoly

Iris Deng and Coco Feng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 10 07:52 PM

This new rule book for regulators comes at a time when some of the country’s largest and most influential technology companies – including Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings – are embroiled in various anti-monopoly issues.  Read more »

TikTok owner ByteDance sues Tencent over alleged monopolistic practices, WeChat eyes countersuit

South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 03 07:25 AM

TikTok owner ByteDance sued Tencent Holdings on Tuesday, alleging that its Beijing-based rival was violating Chinese antitrust laws by blocking access to content from Douyin, the domestic version of TikTok. Read more »

Google, Facebook, coordinated antitrust response: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 02:15 AM

WASHINGTON - Google and Facebook worked together to help fend off an antitrust investigation into the two tech giants which dominate digital advertising, according to a media report citing a draft of a state lawsuit. Read more »