Microsoft/Nuance: Big Tech, Health Care Questions Weigh on CMA Review

Published on Jan 19, 2022

Microsoft’s (MSFT) proposed $19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance Communications (NUAN) is said to face at least two key headwinds at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): the complexity of assessing a high-profile deal involving one of the Big Tech giants and the transaction’s effect on the National Health Service—a highly sensitive area for the […]

Tapestry/Capri: Labor Concern Part of Suit FTC Considering Against Handbag Deal

In leaning toward suing to block Tapestry’s (TPR) proposed buyout of Capri (CPRI), the agency sees the $8.5 deal as unacceptably shrinking the number of companies that employ workers for the...

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Tapestry/Capri: FTC Leaning Toward Suit, Focusing on Handbag Makers’ Close Competition

The FTC is leaning toward a lawsuit to block Tapestry’s (TPR) proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of handbag manufacturing rival Capri (CPRI), sources familiar with the matter...

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Energy Antitrust Weekly: Chesapeake/Southwestern Deal Gets Second Request; FTC Releases Statement Approving Global Partners, Gulf Oil Acquisition and Protecting Maine Home Heating Oil and Diesel Buyers; HSR Period Expirations for Chord/Enerplus and Sunoco/NuStar

Second request pushes Chesapeake/Southwestern deal back. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) and Southwestern Energy Company’s (SWN) planned merger received a second request from the FTC on April...

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