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Apple Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice have begun preliminary discussions about a possible settlement of the federal antitrust case accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully maintaining dominance in the smartphone market, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg first reported on Friday that the two sides are...

POSCO Group has signed a new cooperation agreement with South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) aimed at broadening support for thousands of suppliers across its industrial network, extending assistance beyond direct contractors to include smaller second- and third-tier firms. According to The Korea Times, which first reported the development, the agreement was...

Brendan Carr says multistate antitrust challenge appears inconsistent with established competition theories as regulators and state attorneys continue to scrutinize one of the largest media mergers in recent history. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has cast doubt on the legal merits of a lawsuit brought by a coalition of state attorneys...

The European Union's highest court has upheld the authority of competition regulators to collect employee and executive emails during antitrust inspections without obtaining prior authorization from a judge, reinforcing investigative powers used in cartel and market abuse cases. In a judgment issued Thursday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)...

Uber Technologies has launched a formal takeover offer for Germany's Delivery Hero valued at approximately $14.8 billion, a transaction that would significantly reshape the global food-delivery industry and likely trigger extensive regulatory review in Europe and other markets. The U.S.-based ride-hailing and delivery company said Thursday it is offering €41.50...

European Union regulators have ordered Alphabet's Google to provide greater access to key Android smartphone features and certain search-related data to competing artificial intelligence providers, marking one of the bloc's most significant interventions yet in the emerging AI market. The European Commission on Thursday issued binding measures under the Digital...

Paramount Skydance has asked for the recusal of the federal judge initially assigned to oversee a multistate antitrust lawsuit challenging its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, adding another legal complication to one of the entertainment industry's largest and most controversial merger attempts. According to Deadline's Ted Johnson, Paramount filed...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has sparked renewed discussion about the future ownership of CNN after suggesting that changes could be ahead for the cable news network. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Carr said that "soon enough CNN is going to have new ownership as well," according to reporting...