Italy seeks Vestager’s help in jobs fight
Italy is seeking the support of EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager in its fight with Slovakia over an electrical appliances factory. The Rome government is banking on a bold intervention from...
View ArticleVestager: Barroso won’t lobby me
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Wednesday she would not meet former Commission President José Manuel Barroso, who now holds a senior job at Goldman Sachs, if he wanted to lobby her....
View ArticleVestager plays down role of complainants in Android probe
Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s antitrust czar, played down the role of complainants in her antitrust probes after a report that lobby group FairSearch, which is the lead complainant in her Android...
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Denmark’s PM pours cold water on Vestager Commission bid
Margrethe Vestager’s chances of getting reappointed as Europe’s antitrust boss just got bleaker. Vestager needs the Danish government’s approval be renamed as competition commissioner — a job she’s...
View ArticleGoogle rivals: Search giant’s antitrust fix worse than Almunia’s settlement
A group of Google opponents are stepping up their attacks on Google’s response to a €2.42 billion antitrust sanction, warning the European Commission against using “ineffective” changes to Google...
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When Margrethe Vestager takes antitrust battle to robots
Pity the poor price-fixer. Artificial intelligence doesn’t just threaten the livelihoods of honest professions like truck driving or accounting. It has the potential to replace the smoked-filled...
View ArticleGoogle’s academic links under scrutiny
Google cultivated links with academics and research organizations across Europe to influence the region’s tough regulatory stance toward the search giant, according to an analysis by a U.S. non-profit...
View ArticleVestager approves Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto
The European Commission has approved Bayer’s $66 billion takeover of Monsanto subject to the German company selling off its seed and pesticide businesses, along with research capacity, Europe’s...
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5 takeaways from EU green light for ‘Baysanto’ mega-merger
Brussels on Wednesday approved Bayer’s $66 billion takeover of Monsanto, potentially clearing the way for the creation of the world’s largest player across the whole agricultural market, covering...
View ArticleTrump offered Putin a White House meeting, Kremlin says
U.S. President Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House, a Kremlin aide said Monday, according to Russian media reports and the Associated Press. The invitation was...
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