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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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      Microsoft/Activision: messy process yields a better outcome for consumers Premium content

      Regulators have in the past been too lenient, now they are trying to act early to protect nascent markets

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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      UK regulator provisionally approves Microsoft’s $75bn Activision deal

      Competition watchdog was last big hurdle facing tech group’s attempt to buy ‘Call of Duty’ developer

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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
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      Can hot IPOs revive the market? Premium content

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
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      The newfound influence of the UK’s competition watchdog

      The Competition and Markets Authority has enhanced clout post-Brexit. Critics are questioning its decision-making

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    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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      Utilita says Ofgem’s planned capital buffer requirement will make ‘survival in the market difficult’

      Utilita has asked the Competition and Markets Authority for permission to appeal against the rule
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
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      UK telecoms groups under fire for adding inflation ‘premium’ to bills

      Industry defend price rises as Britons face highest tariff hikes in Europe

    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
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      Microsoft significantly reworks $75bn Activision deal to win UK backing

      Cloud gaming rights to be sold to France-based Ubisoft under proposal

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    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
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      UK competition watchdog reopens Microsoft-Activision deal to scrutiny

      CMA invites responses to tech giant’s new arguments in rare move that could pave way for $75bn takeover to close

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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
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      Amazon offers concessions over third-party sales to appease UK antitrust watchdog

      US tech giant addresses CMA concerns with proposed measures to help marketplace vendors

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    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
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      UK watchdog warns retailers against food price profiteering

      Competition and Markets Authority calls for pricing policy reform as it finds high inflation not due to weak competition

    • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
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      UK regulators open door to quick Microsoft-Activision deal

      New timetable from Competition and Markets Authority means $75bn transaction could be closed within weeks

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    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
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      Video games lose out in UK’s weak post-Brexit model

      The CMA’s initial opposition to Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger is surely not in Britain’s interests

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    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
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      Microsoft and Activision exploring changes to $75bn deal, says UK regulator

      Restructured transaction could trigger a fresh antitrust probe, warns Competition and Markets Authority

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      The businessman is the latest to criticise what some executives view as an increasingly aggressive stance by the CMA

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    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Asda and Morrisons increasing fuel margins for UK consumers, watchdog says

      Government pledges reforms after CMA calls for greater market transparency for motorists

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    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
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      Adobe’s $20bn Figma deal set for full UK antitrust probe

      Competition watchdog adds to scrutiny from EU and US

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    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
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      Hunt to review profits in UK food industry supply chain

      Chancellor agrees steps with regulators in response to high food inflation and the cost of living crisis

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    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
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      The next big battleground for the CMA Premium content

      Plus, smaller private equity firms beat the market; the Croatian retailer struggling to shake its Russian owner

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    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
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      Vodafone and CK Hutchison agree UK mobile merger

      Companies must convince regulators that deal to create country’s largest operator will not hurt consumers

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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
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      Adobe chief warns competition watchdogs against stifling innovation

      Shantanu Narayen says blocking deals such as its proposed Figma takeover will lead to less investment in start-ups

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    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
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      The UK’s competition watchdog risks undermining business dynamism

      A decision by the CMA to block the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger has provoked debate about its role

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    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Five banks broke competition law over gilts, UK watchdog provisionally finds

      CMA’s initial finding shows traders exchanged sensitive information on pricing and strategies

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    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      John Gapper
      A global antitrust alliance battles Microsoft and Amgen

      The UK and US are emerging as the toughest enforcers of limits on technology takeovers

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