January 04, 2013
France: Officials call for full competition in freight sector after...
France’s Rail Freight Group (RFG) has released a statement expressing approval of the French Competition Authority’s recent decision to fine rail transportation company SNCF about $80.3 million after resolving that...
December 13, 2012
Australia: ACCC fines airlines for price-fixing in flying meat to...
Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines will be fined by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, according to the antirust body, for price-fixing costs of flying meat products from Australia to...
December 06, 2012
Cards Preferred To Cash In United Arab Emirates
According to Ernst & Young the idea that UAE customers prefer cash to cards is simply a myth. The firm recently conducted a survey, revealing that 65% of UAE residents...
November 28, 2012
India: CCI to investigate largest trucking union over price increases
Members of the “disorganized” trucking industry in India are facing an investigation by the Competition Commission of India after the antitrust authority learned that the All India Motor Transport Congress,...
November 27, 2012
Ireland: Competition Authority to investigate airline takeover
U.K. logistics company Stobart’s plan to buy Irish airline Aer Arann has been referred to the Competition Authority, which will be taking submissions into the inquiry until December 3. In...
November 19, 2012
Russia: Railway giant approved of acquisition despite recent monopoly fine
Russian Railways has announced it plans to keep “most” of PSA Peugeot Citroen’s Gefco logistics division’s staff in place after its acquisition of 75 percent of the company, though plans...
November 14, 2012
PayPal Takes On Middle East
PayPal is planning to double its share of Middle East and North African e-commerce and has announced several measures to foster its growth. The alternative payments giant has recently signed...
October 05, 2012
Scanning For Mobile Payments’ Future
At MIT’s “What Technology Will Dominate Retail?” conference in late September, PYMNTS.com heard from a variety of companies with some innovative ideas about the constantly-shifting payments tech world. One such...
September 21, 2012
Japan/U.S.: Japanese freight forward Yamato agrees to pay 2.3m USD...
Japanese freight forwarder Yamato Global Logistics Japan Co. Ltd. on Wednesday became the latest company to plead guilty to charges that it conspired to fix fees for air cargo shipment...
