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John Letzing, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 19 at 2:15 pm PT
Google said Saturday that Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant’s proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last regulatory hurdle.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 18 at 4:00 pm PT
European antitrust regulators are expected Thursday to approve a plan by a Sony Corp.-led investor group to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Michael Rapoport, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 1 at 5:11 pm PT
A little-noticed provision in the new JOBS Act would allow companies to iron out disagreements with regulators behind closed doors before they go public — a provision that might have prevented investors from finding out about Groupon Inc.’s early accounting questions until after they had been resolved.
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Julia Angwin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 16 at 3:30 am PT
Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.’s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with the investigations. Google stopped the practice last month after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 12, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
The world’s largest music label wants to get larger, but it’s going to need to convince regulators that this is a good idea. That may take a while.
Kara Swisher in Media on October 11, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT
As the deal officially closes, what’s next?
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Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 28, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
To make good on its planned $14 billion investment in a national high-speed wireless network, start-up LightSquared Inc. must prove to the government that its network is perfect, or nearly so, in avoiding interference with global-positioning devices.
John Paczkowski in News on August 15, 2011 at 2:08 pm PT
If Google walks away from its proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, or is forced to do so, the company is on the hook for a hefty reverse breakup fee.
