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’Where now for AT&T and T-Mobile?
Wherein John McDermott and Cardiff Garcia try to understand the deal of the day and realise they should’ve gone to law school and become antitrust attorneys.
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Sun shareholders left swinging
At the end of October, FT Alphaville came across some strange goings on in Oracle’s pending $7bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Oracle had withdrawn its Russian antitrust filing, an unexplained move prompting speculation the deal was about to unravel.
EU would say ‘non’ to Rio deal
The mining and commodities rout continues and with that both BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto shares are under pressure.
Adding insult to injury is the denial late last night by Rio Tinto that it was indeed back in talks with hostile suitor BHP.
BHP said to face EU objections to Rio bid
Bloomberg reports that European Union regulators told lawyers for BHP Billiton the company’s $69bn hostile bid for Rio Tinto may break antitrust rules. The European Commission will likely issue a so-called statement of objections,