P&G vitamin deal; AT&T antitrust trial; Quacomm"s Chinese hurdle

1. Vitamin deal: Procter & Gamble announced Thursday it is buying the consumer health business of German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA for about ?3.4 billion ($4.2 billion)......»»

Chinese antitrust officials signed off on a $4.5 billion merger deal between Cisco and Acacia after an earlier $2.6 billion deal nearly fell apart over Chinese regulatory approval......»»

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours. Scaling The Peak (Biotech Stocks Hitting 52-week Highs May 6) • Adverum Biotechnologies Inc (NASDAQ: ADVM) ( reacted to a positive clinica.....»»

The deal for AbbVie Inc. to buy Allergan Plc. has cleared an antitrust hurdle, the companies said late Tuesday. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent order in connection with the pending acquisition, satisfying "all.....»»

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a merger of Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. Judge Victor Marrero rejected arguments brought by 14 attorneys general seeking to block the deal on antitrust grounds. T-Mobile (Nasdaq: TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE: S) .....»»

U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp are expected to urge a federal judge on Wednesday to let them proceed with their $26.5 billion merger, as a group of states argues the deal violates federal antitrust laws......»»

U.S. wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp are expected to urge a federal judge on Wednesday to let them proceed with their $26.5 billion merger, as a group of states argues the deal violates federal antitrust laws......»»

World No. 1 shipbuilding group Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co Ltd's $1.8 billion merger with rival Daewoo could inflate prices, EU antitrust regulators warned on Tuesday as they opened a full-scale investigation......»»

A Chinese antitrust regulator has approved Boeing Co's deal to buy a controlling stake in the commercial jet division of Brazilian planemaker Embraer , according to a statement on the regulator's website......»»

India's antitrust body has sought more information from Amazon.com Inc about its planned acquisition of a stake in India's Future Retail , sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, which could potentially delay the deal......»»

T-Mobile US Inc won U.S. antitrust approval for its $26 billion takeover of rival Sprint Corp, the Justice Department said on Friday, clearing a major hurdle to a deal that would merge the nation's third and fourth largest wireless carriers......»»

AT&T Inc.’s top executive gave a vigorous defens.....»»

Toshiba is accelerating a review of alternatives to selling its NAND flash-memory unit to a group led by Bain Capital because company officials consider near-term Chinese antitrust approval unlikely......»»

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Private-equity firm Bain Capital received approval from Chinese antitrust regulators for its deal to buy Toshiba’s memory-chip unit......»»

Britain is unlikely to open an antitrust review into Comcast’s $30 billion bid for U.K. pay-TV giant Sky, a senior government official said, removing a hurdle for the cable firm in a takeover battle that also includes Fox and Disney......»»

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Approval would remove the last hurdle for a deal that has been stuck for months amid U.S.-China trade tensions, but one of the people said it could come with conditions......»»

FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bayer won U.S. antitrust approval for its planned takeover of Monsanto on condition that it sells about $9 billion in assets, the Justice Department said on Tuesday, clearing a major hurdle for the $62.5 billion deal......»»

Shares of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. are up 7% in Thursday trading after the company said it's obtained Chinese regulatory approval for its bid to buy Cavium Inc. . The company now expects the deal to c.....»»