GE Faces Probe for Misleading EU Over $1.7 Billion Deal The Commission has sent three separate Statements of Objections to Merck and Sigma-Aldrich, General Electric an d Canon alleging they breached EU merger rules: General Electric, and Merck and Sigma-Aldrich by providing incorrect or misleading information; Canon by implementing a merger before notification and clearance. The current investigations are limited to the assessment of breaches of the EU merger procedural rules

The South African Competition Commission has recommended to the South African Competition Tribunal that the proposed large merger whereby DowDuPont Inc. intends to acquire Dow Chemical Company and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company be approved, with conditions to address competition concerns the merger raises. #SouthAfrica #Merger #Agriculture #SACT #SACC #Dow #Dupont #SouthernAfrica

The Tribunal considered that the remedies presented do not settle the competition concerns; the majority of the Council adopted the decision. On the judgement session of 28 June 2017, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense – CADE blocked, by majority, the merger regarding the acquisition of Estácio Participações S/A by Kroton Educacional S/A (Merger 08700.006185/2016-56). The transaction would result in the merger of the two Brazilian biggest private