From Bayer to Qualcomm, M&A Gets Costlier in the EU
#MnA #Dealmaking
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-12/bayer-to-qualcomm-suffer-as-eu-makes-time-stand-still-on-big-m-a

President #Trump's #JusticeDepartment just became the first since the Carter administration to fight a #merger between 2 companies in different lines of business. Because those so-called #verticalmergers typically don't reduce competition, U.S. regulators very rarely try to stop them. The government's effort to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner would be a stunning move for an administration of either party. It signals a stark change in how #antitrust law is enforced in the #UnitedStates. But it's particularly surprising for a Republican president who campaigned on a pro-business, anti-regulation platform.

The Trump administration is reviewing or set to review several high-profile mergers over the next few months. Sinclair is trying to buy Tribune. 21st Century Fox is reportedly looking for a buyer, and United Technologies is trying to acquire Rockwell Collins. #CorporateAmerica will be watching the outcome of each of those deals closely as other companies consider their own merger plans.


#Mergers #DealMaking #Takeovers #Acquisitions #MediaIndustry #Media #Broadcasting #MergerandAcquisition #Regulators
Trump Justice Department puts Corporate #America on notice
http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/22/news/companies/trump-mergers/index.html

President Donald #Trump weighed in briefly on the government's attempt to block the $85bn AT&T-Time Warner merger. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday to block the deal, calling it 'illegal' and saying it would raise prices for consumers and stifle innovation and competition. AT&T has vowed to fight the lawsuit in court, resisting suggestions it sell some of its divisions to win regulatory approval.


#Mergers #DealMaking #Takeovers #Acquisitions #MediaIndustry #Media #Broadcasting #MergerandAcquisition #Regulators
Trump says #ATT - #TimeWarner deal is 'not good for the country'
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/21/trump-says-att-time-warner-deal-is-not-good-for-the-country.html

Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem
#Trump’s Mentality for #Dealmaking
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… All of this confirms what lies in the mentality of Trump that is looking for dealmaking. In return for the US protection of the Gulf States from the Iranian threat, the Gulf States will have to pay the cost of such protection, i.e. to put its money more broadly at the disposal of #America in order to maintain their chairs of governance. America is treating these rulers as juveniles. There are many evidences that prove the Mafia mentality that the Trump administration have, and President Trump is not the only one in the US that adopts an international royalties approach, the US Congress adopted #JUSTA law in 2016 under the Obama administration, which as result it became possible to withhold funds of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States because of " #terrorist " acts.

America is experiencing a real economic crisis that forced it to reduce its general budget, and with its huge debts, and the rise of #China economically, they are always looking for big solutions, as the Bush Jr #administration considered the economic solution to be the occupation of Iraq and to invest its oil, but the resistance in Iraq prevented him from this, he was forced to spend $3 trillion for the #Iraq disaster. #Obama tried to hit the British tax havens to attract big money back from remote islands to America, then the JUSTA law followed to make money out of tax and penalise for "terrorism", and now Trump wants the world’s wealthy countries to pay international royalties to receive protection as a way to resolve the dilemma of the #US_economy, Trump ventured with his promise to solve the US debt (20 trillion dollars) in eight years!

النسخة العربية
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100431756357007517653/100431756357007517653/posts/GBS97baJqwa
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#أمير_حزب_التحرير #عطاء_بن_خليل_أبو_الرشتة

Whose heading to the @ICSC #DealMaking event in the Windy City next month?Would love to see you there http://bit.ly/2fMkKN9 #RoyalService

From a seller's perspective, Chinese #dealmaking is placing a larger focus on #deal certainty and price. #Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-09-26/what-chinese-regulations-mean-for-deal-making-video #MnA #PEDeals #PrivateEquity #Mergers #Acquisitions #ChineseRegulations #Dealmaking