The euro trended higher on Monday, with the single currency able to shrug off some underwhelming German data. Meanwhile, the pound is trading sideways so far this morning, with GBP/EUR flat at €1.1817 and GBP/USD stable...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11517 - CKI / CKA / Phoenix Energy) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11084 - SMRP / SAS Autosytemtechnik)...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11397 - OJI / Walki) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11450 - Worxinvest / GIMV)...more
COMPETITION - Action brought on 5 February 2024 - Coöperatieve Rabobank Vs. Commission - Case T-57/24 Re: annulment of Commission Decision C(2023) 7811 of 22 November 2023 relating to proceedings under Article 101 TFEU and...more
COMPETITION - - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11420 - Blackstone / Vista / Adapt2)... - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11411 - BPIFrance / Meridiam / Exoes)...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11309 - Kingspan / NWG) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11376 - Onex / R&Q Accredited)...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11317 - OEP Hitch / EMC / CBM) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11385 Permira / Blackstone / Adevinta)...more
COMPETITION - Digital Markets Act: the application by Bytedance (TikTok) seeking suspension of the Commission decision designating it as a gatekeeper is dismissed (See CPR No.28/2024 - Order of the President of the General...more
The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation on a possible digital euro. The EU is considering introducing a digital euro for retail payments, which would be available alongside cash. A decision has not yet...more
A new report explores the advantages, impacts, and approaches the Eurosystem is considering as it contemplates a digital currency. In October 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a Report on a Digital Euro (the...more
On December 5, 2018, the Commission adopted a Communication and a Recommendation on a stronger international role of the euro, following President’s Juncker State of the Union address in September 2018, in which he...more
Tesla’s hoping that a manufacturing plant in China—the first in the country wholly owned by a foreign manufacturing company—will translate into big sales in the Chinese market. With the Chinese government loath to give up the...more
Local-TV powerhouse Sinclair Broadcast Group isn’t all that well known outside of the Baltimore area, but it’s making a big play for the national stage as it nears a deal to buy Tribune Media—the former “Tribune empire’s...more
Portées des Q&A des AES - Le 21 mars 2017 la Commission Européen a lancé une consultation intitulée « Operations of the European Supervisory Authorities ». ...more
The Fed wrapped up its Open Market Committee meeting yesterday without any change in interest rates but with an expression of confidence in the economy, despite Q1’s sub-1 percent growth figure (which it dubbed “transitory”)....more
The Times gives us an intriguing long read on Uber’s Travis Kalanick, the controversial CEO whose vision has helped propel the ride-hailing company even as his no-limits approach has led the company into months of crisis....more
The Supreme Court issued an important opinion on June 20, 2016, regarding the extraterritorial reach of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) that may have real-world implications for companies...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is releasing a rule today that will ban consumer financial services providers from “prohibiting customers, through contracts with mandatory arbitration clauses, from filing or joining...more
Bitstamp, the third largest Bitcoin exchange in the world and located in Luxembourg, announced on April 25, 2016, that it has obtained a payment institution license from Luxembourg, which means it is the first nationally...more