International Business News - Antitrust http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Federal antitrust regulators on Friday cleared Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion acquisition of Wachovia Corp., capping a weeklong battle for the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149661-wells-fargo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/federal-regulators-clear-wells-fargo-wachovia-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/federal-regulators-clear-wells-fargo-wachovia-deal.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:18:36 EDT The U.S. Justice Department and Manitowoc Co. reached an agreement Monday that will allow the commercial ice cube machine maker to acquire British rival Enodis PLC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/doj-moves-to-freeze-ice-machine-maker-merger.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:02:51 EDT Antitrust regulators on Wednesday cleared specialty insurer Assurant Inc.'s purchase of General Electric Co.'s warranty management business, a government agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/federal-regulators-clear-ge-assurant-transaction.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:12:12 EDT Russia's antitrust body said Wednesday that Evraz Holding--part-owned by Kremlin-friendly businessman Roman Abramovich--has breached anti-monopoly rules, overcharging customers for coking coal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/russian-officials-say-evraz-broke-antitrust-rules.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:49:16 EDT Antitrust regulators on Thursday cleared the purchase of defense contractor DRS Technologies Inc. by an Italian company for $4 billion. Rome-based Finmeccanica said in May it had agreed to acquire Parsippany, N.J.-based DRS. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/regulators-clear-italian-companys-purchase-of-drs.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:33:40 EDT Federal antitrust regulators on Tuesday cleared Eli Lilly & Co.'s $50 million sale of a research facility to drug development services provider Covance Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/regulators-clear-50m-sale-of-eli-lilly-facility.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:47:11 EDT Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service on Thursday said it has found coal miner Mechel guilty of fixing the prices of its coking coal and will order the company to cut tariffs for domestic steelmakers "considerably." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/russian-miner-mechel-found-guilty-of-price-fixing.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:17:24 EDT Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service on Wednesday announced it has opened an investigation into the pricing practices of two more mining companies as politicians struggle to keep a lid on soaring steel costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/100463-russia-kremlin-mechel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/russia-anti-trust-authorities-probe-coal-producers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/russia-anti-trust-authorities-probe-coal-producers.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:59:13 EDT Whole Foods' long-running effort to acquire its rival organic supermarket chain Wild Oats isn't completely out of the legal woods yet. A three-judge federal appeals court panel on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling from last year that allowed Whole Foods Market Inc. to acquire Boulder, Colo.-based Wild Oats Markets Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/court-reverses-whole-foods-wild-oats-ruling.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:48:11 EDT European antitrust regulators say they have raided grain traders they suspect of running a cartel to fix prices. The European Commission never names companies it is investigating until the probe is complete. It has the power to levy fines of up to 10 percent of sales, which can run into hundreds of millions of euros or dollars. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/european-antitrust-regulators-raid-grain-traders.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:23:40 EDT European Union regulators on Tuesday set out guidelines for shipping companies as the autumn deadline for opening up shipping routes nears. Routes will be opened up to competition from October 18, ending a 20-year antitrust immunity law for groups of shipping companies that strike special trade deals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/eu-sets-guidelines-for-shipping-route-competition.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:40:16 EDT Private-equity firm The Carlyle Group agreed Monday to sell an Illinois sealant factory in order to win regulatory approval for its purchase of a unit of a U.K. chemical company, a government agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/regulators-require-carlyle-fund-to-sell-assets.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:48 EDT Federal antitrust regulators on Monday cleared property management firm Jones Lang LaSalle's $613 million acquisition of Staubach Co., a realty firm founded in 1977 by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/regulators-ok-jones-langs-purchase-of-staubach.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:38:42 EDT Federal antitrust regulators on Monday cleared the roughly $210 million purchase of textile rental and linen management services company Angelica Corp. by a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. affiliate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/regulators-ok-lehman-units-purchase-of-angelica.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:26:15 EDT Federal antitrust regulators on Wednesday cleared the sale of a retirement services unit jointly owned by Citigroup Inc. and State Street Inc. to Dutch bank ING Group NV. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/regulators-ok-900m-sale-of-citistreet-to-ing.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:12:37 EDT Verizon Wireless must sell assets in six markets in Vermont, New York and Washington state to complete its $757 million acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp., the Justice Department said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/doj-requires-verizon-wireless-to-sell-assets.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:52:58 EDT Antitrust regulators have cleared military and engineering contractor KBR Inc.'s purchase of privately-held B&EK in a deal valued at $550 million. BE&K, based in Birmingham, Ala., is an engineering, construction and maintenance services company with U.S. and international customers. It has about 9,000 workers and recorded $2 billion in revenue in the fiscal year ending March 30, KBR said last month when it announced the deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/regulators-clear-kbrs-550m-purchase-of-be-k.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:15:35 EDT Federal antitrust regulators have cleared activist billionaire investor Carl Icahn's purchase of another $1.5 billion of shares of Internet company Yahoo Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/ftc-clears-icahn-to-purchase-yahoo-shares.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 16:44:18 EDT The U.S. Department of Transportation granted trans-Atlantic antitrust immunity Thursday for Northwest Airlines and five of its SkyTeam alliance partners: Delta, Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Alitalia and CSA Czech Airlines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/regulators-grant-skyteam-trans-atlantic-antitrust-immunity.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 22:52:28 EDT Northwest Airlines Corp. and Delta Air Lines Inc., which last month announced plans to combine, on Thursday won final federal approval to share revenue and coordinate schedules across the Atlantic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/dot-grants-northwest-delta-antitrust-immunity.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 16:13:44 EDT