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Delegates from the global competition community continued discussions on 11th May 2017 in Porto, Portugal on day two of the International Competition Network (ICN) annual conference.
Topics tackled included advocacy strategies to preserve open and competititve markets, strategic…
The annual conference of the International Competition Network (ICN) is underway in Porto, Portugal. The three day conference brings together at least 600 delegates from more than 130 competition agencies around the world to dialogue on competition law and policy. The agencies and international…
One sign that monopolies are a problem in America is that the University of Chicago has just held a summit on the threat that they may pose to the world’s biggest economy. In the 1970s economists from the “Chicago school” argued that big firms were not a threat to growth and prosperity. Their views…
South Africa’s Competition Commission has decided to prosecute three advertising practitioners specialising in recruitment advertising services for price fixing, market division and collusive tendering. This follows an investigation by the Commission which found that Human Communications (Pty) Ltd…
The Competition Authority has rejected the acquisition of 28.73% shares in Mmegi Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd by Universal House (Pty) Ltd. In its decision on 17th February, it said the transaction which had already been implemented without prior notification to the Authority, is likely to result…
