Trump administration keeps Biden's tough rules for merger reviews
The Biden-era guidelines for antitrust reviews of mergers by the DOJ and FTC are widely disliked by corporations.
Why Trump's FTC, DOJ is keeping Biden’s merger guidelines
President Trump’s administration will continue using merger guidelines set by the Biden administration, which were first adopted in 2023. Yahoo Finance Senior Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan joins host Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Alexandra Canal to explain that while this move may seem surprising,
FTC maintains Biden-era merger guidelines
The FTC said the more aggressive guidelines for mergers from 2023 are "in effect and will serve as the framework for the FTC’s merger-review analysis."
Trump Antitrust Enforcers to Keep Biden-Era Merger Rules
The Trump administration’s antitrust enforcers will follow Biden-era merger review rules, disappointing critics who had hoped for a rollback of the requirements.
Trump administration to continue Biden's strict scrutiny of corporate mergers
The Trump administration will keep strict guidelines for reviewing proposed corporate mergers that were implemented under the administration of former President Joe Biden. The decision to keep those guidelines was detailed Tuesday in a Department of Justice memo and a social media post by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson.
Trump antitrust regulators leave Biden-era merger guidelines in effect
The antitrust regulators under President Donald Trump announced they will leave merger guidelines initiated under former President Joe Biden's administration in effect. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice's joint 2023 merger guidelines are in effect and will serve as the framework for the FTC’s merger-review analysis,
Big Tech May Have to Wait a Little Longer for a Merger Spree
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Could a Capital One, Discover merger benefit customers?
Shareholders for Capital One and Discover are voting on a proposed merger that could shift the credit card industry. CBS ...
Under-pressure UK competition watchdog changes tack on travel merger
The UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally cleared a $570mn corporate travel deal in an unusual reversal of an earlier ...
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Capital One-Discover merger wins shareholder approval
The $35 billion transaction has faced pushback from critics on antitrust grounds since it was announced a year ago. The vote ...
Top Merger Stocks Held By Fund Managers, Mid-Q1 2025
The new administration's impact on M&A is uncertain, with JNPR and HPE facing regulatory challenges. Learn more about the ...
Colonial and Societe Foncière Lyonnaise Set Their Merger Exchange Ratio
Societe Foncière Lyonnaise (Paris:FLY): Colonial and SFL continue their path to close the merger process. In connectio ...
Honda and Nissan make it official: Their merger talks are off
Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed they've scrapped merger talks announced in December​, ending a potential ...
Merger Arbitrage: The Stars Could Be Aligning
The headwinds of rising rates, price volatility and increased global regulatory scrutiny appear to be fading—and market ...
Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks
Japan’s Nissan and Honda have ended discussions on a deal that would have created the world’s third-largest carmaker.
Leadership shifts and job cuts: How Albertsons and Kroger are moving forward after failed merger
Kroger; Albertsons Photo illustration by Salon/. Following the dissolution of the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger, both ...