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- Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Approve $110 Billion Paramount Merger Amid David Zaslav Pay Row
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Section: Mergers & Acquisitions
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stockholders overwhelmingly approved a $31-per-share cash sale to David Ellison’s Paramount-Skydance on Wednesday, clearing a pivotal hurdle for the $1...
- Prosus Cedes Delivery Hero Stake to Uber in R5.2 Billion Regulatory Divestment
Published: Apr 17, 2026
Section: Africa
Naspers, through its international subsidiary Prosus, has sold a 4.5% stake in German food delivery giant Delivery Hero to Uber Technologies for approximately R5.2 billion. The sal...
- United CEO Scott Kirby Explored American Airlines Merger Months Before Pitching Trump Administration
Published: Apr 16, 2026
Section: US & Canada
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby reportedly began weighing a monumental merger with American Airlines in late 2025, several months before officially floating the proposal to the Tru...
- California Restaurateurs Sound Alarm Over Sysco’s $29 Billion "Monopoly" Bid for Restaurant Depot
Published: Apr 9, 2026
Section: Companies & Industry
The independent restaurant community is urging federal regulators to block a proposed $29.1 billion merger between Sysco and Jetro Restaurant Depot. Industry advocates warn that th...
- Supreme Court Clears Path for Antitrust Scrutiny of CoStar Group’s Market Dominance
Published: Mar 25, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a petition from CoStar Group, allowing a significant antitrust lawsuit filed by competitor Crexi to proceed. The decision reinforces a...
- Google Navigates UK Antitrust Scrutiny with New AI Opt-Out Proposals
Published: Mar 19, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
Google announced on Wednesday that it is developing specialized search controls to allow websites and publishers to opt out of its generative AI features. The move is a direct resp...
- Sony Defends Against Massive Two Billion Pound UK Class Action Over Alleged PlayStation Store Monopoly
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Section: Companies & Industry
Sony has entered a high stakes legal battle at London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal facing allegations that it abused its market dominance to inflate digital game prices. The lawsu...
- South Korea Hits Mercedes-Benz with Maximum 7.6 Million Dollar Fine for Misleading EV Battery Disclosures Following Incheon Fire
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Section: Asia
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has imposed a 11.2 billion won penalty on Mercedes-Benz for falsely promoting premium CATL batteries in its EQE and EQS models while conceali...
- Live Nation Reaches Tentative $280 Million Antitrust Settlement with U.S. Justice Department to End Ticketmaster Monopoly Lawsuit
Published: Mar 9, 2026
Section: Business
Concert giant Live Nation has agreed to a preliminary deal with federal regulators that includes divesting 13 venues and allowing artists to use competing promoters and ticketing v...
- Meta Opens WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots in Strategy to Delay European Union Antitrust Sanctions
Published: Mar 5, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
Meta Platforms has announced it will permit competing artificial intelligence chatbots on WhatsApp for a 12-month period. The move is a direct attempt to prevent the European Commi...
- San Benito Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Violent Monopolization and Price Fixing in Border Transit Industry
Published: Mar 4, 2026
Section: Crime
A 59-year-old Texas man has been ordered to serve 30 months in federal prison for his role in a criminal conspiracy to dominate the transmigrante forwarding market. The operation u...
- Allwyn International Abandons Two Hundred Million Euro Novibet Acquisition Following Greek Antitrust Regulatory Obstacles
Published: Mar 4, 2026
Section: Online Gambling
Allwyn has officially withdrawn its bid to acquire a majority stake in Novibet after the Hellenic Competition Commission signaled significant antitrust concerns. The collapse of th...