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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      UK economy
      UK ministers set out plans to make regulators better promote growth

      Proposals come as government seeks to kick-start economy and reinvigorate City of London

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    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Energy sector
      UK hands watchdog new powers to force garages to reveal profits

      Measures come after Shell and Moto failed to hand over data on margins

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    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Price drops at UK petrol pumps not keeping pace with wholesale costs

      Competition and Markets Authority says ‘drivers are feeling the pain again’

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Shipping
      Shipowners press UK to diverge from EU on antitrust rules

      Competition regulator urged to seize post-Brexit sovereignty after Brussels axed industry’s exemption

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    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      UK airports
      UK watchdog backs CAA decision to cut Heathrow’s landing fees

      Airport and airlines had lodged appeals against ruling that London hub should reduce its charges by a fifth

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    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft closes $75bn Activision deal after UK regulator’s approval

      Competition and Markets Authority’s decision came after several twists and turns

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    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      UK competition watchdog green lights rules for climate collaboration

      CMA says it will not take enforcement action where broader public interest tests are met

      Sarah Cardell, chief executive of the UK Competition and Markets Authority
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Competition watchdog launches probe into TV groups including BBC and ITV

      Probe will examine use of freelance workers to make and broadcast shows

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    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      Cloud computing
      Ofcom calls for UK antitrust probe into Microsoft and Amazon’s cloud dominance

      Customers ‘may face significant barriers’ to switching between providers, says communications watchdog’s study

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
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      Arçelik and Whirlpool white goods deal faces in-depth probe by UK regulator

      Planned merger would create UK’s biggest supplier of washing machines, dishwashers and cooking appliances

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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      Microsoft/Activision: messy process yields a better outcome for consumers Premium content

      Regulators have in the past been too lenient, now they are trying to act early to protect nascent markets

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      UK regulator provisionally approves Microsoft’s $75bn Activision deal

      Competition watchdog was last big hurdle facing tech group’s attempt to buy ‘Call of Duty’ developer

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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Due Diligence
      Can hot IPOs revive the market? Premium content

      Plus, the CMA takes its power and western companies fret over lost Russian profits

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      The newfound influence of the UK’s competition watchdog

      The Competition and Markets Authority has enhanced clout post-Brexit. Critics are questioning its decision-making

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    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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      Energy supplier seeks to overturn new financial resilience rule

      Utilita says Ofgem’s planned capital buffer requirement will make ‘survival in the market difficult’

      Utilita has asked the Competition and Markets Authority for permission to appeal against the rule
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      UK telecoms groups under fire for adding inflation ‘premium’ to bills

      Industry defend price rises as Britons face highest tariff hikes in Europe

    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft significantly reworks $75bn Activision deal to win UK backing

      Cloud gaming rights to be sold to France-based Ubisoft under proposal

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    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      UK competition watchdog reopens Microsoft-Activision deal to scrutiny

      CMA invites responses to tech giant’s new arguments in rare move that could pave way for $75bn takeover to close

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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon offers concessions over third-party sales to appease UK antitrust watchdog

      US tech giant addresses CMA concerns with proposed measures to help marketplace vendors

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    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      UK watchdog warns retailers against food price profiteering

      Competition and Markets Authority calls for pricing policy reform as it finds high inflation not due to weak competition

    • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      UK regulators open door to quick Microsoft-Activision deal

      New timetable from Competition and Markets Authority means $75bn transaction could be closed within weeks

      An image from Activision’s Call of Duty is shown on a smartphone near a photograph of the Microsoft logo
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Video games lose out in UK’s weak post-Brexit model

      The CMA’s initial opposition to Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger is surely not in Britain’s interests

      A smartphone with the frame from Call of Duty on the screen surrounded by game controllers
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft and Activision exploring changes to $75bn deal, says UK regulator

      Restructured transaction could trigger a fresh antitrust probe, warns Competition and Markets Authority

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    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      Utilities
      Ofwat faces rising tide of criticism as water sector crisis deepens

      Critics say regulator has failed to deliver financial or management discipline

    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      UK energy
      Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe calls UK energy policy ‘crap’

      Britain cannot power itself on wind, says outspoken billionaire industrialist in latest attack

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