Sentences with phrase «from competition regulators»

These settlement agreements attract concern from competition regulators due to their potential to take the form of so - called «pay - for - delay» or «reverse payment» arrangements where a generic manufacturer agrees to delay the launch of a competing generic product in exchange for a transfer of value (monetary or otherwise) from the brand company....

Clegg says he finds it odd that a newspaper group can organically grow its market share with no intervention from competition regulators.

On Thursday Mr Irvin also said the board will consider raising its own takeover offer for WCB as early as next week, after Bega received the all clear from the competition regulator.

Not exact matches

In a move likely aimed at appeasing competition regulators, the mining companies scrapped plans to jointly market up to 15 per cent of production from their Pilbara operations.

We envy them all and want to emulate them but know that they are just people dealing with struggles of a different magnitude from the pressures of going public, the pressures of pricing competition, the pressures of over-reaching of journalists and regulators and the pressures of activist public shareholders with short - term expectations.

«It is a matter for the regulator to examine whether any conditions are necessary from a competition perspective.»

Regulators have generally held an unfavorable view of shrinking the US mobile carrier market from 4 to 3, a move that government entities have claimed will reduce much - needed competition.

At the time, Zenefits CEO Parker Conrad said the ban was «kind of bullshit,» and «blatant overreaching where the regulator is trying to protect brokers from competition.»

LONDON, May 3 British lawmakers said on Thursday they were seeking information from Britain's competition regulator regarding concerns over Sainsbury's» proposed 7.3 billion pounds ($ 9.9 billion) takeover of Walmart owned rival Asda.

LONDON British lawmakers said on Thursday they were seeking information from Britain's competition regulator regarding concerns over Sainsbury's» proposed 7.3 billion pounds ($ 9.9 billion) takeover of Walmart owned rival Asda.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Expectations are that the competition regulator will wave the deal through, despite grumblings from some rivals about market reach and Sky Racing.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

That's where Margrethe Vestager serves as the European Union's chief competition regulator — and it's a perch from which she's swiped at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google even at a time when the U.S. government seems a little lost on how exactly to regulate the tech industry.

** MegaFon, Russia's No. 2 mobile phone company, has obtained clearance from the country's competition watchdog for a potential acquisition of rival Scartel, the regulator said.

Politicians call for watchdog to gauge affects of deal, saying it should not hurt suppliersMPs from two parliamentary committees have called on the competition regulator to examine how the merger of Sainsbury's and Asda will affect suppliers.The merger of the UK's second - and third - largest supermarket chains could hand them control of about 30 % of the -LSB-...]

Caltex is meanwhile still awaiting a decision from BP on whether it will appeal the competition regulator's vetoing of its $ 1.8 billion purchase of Woolworths» petrol station network.

Following this opposition from the regulator, AGL instituted proceedings in the Federal Court seeking a declaration that the proposed acquisition would not infringe s 50 of the TPA, which prohibits mergers which substantially lessen competition.

ACCUSATIONS that Australia's two grocery giants, Coles and Woolworths, engaged in improper practices to force down prices from suppliers are being investigated by the nation's most powerful competition regulator.

The transaction is conditional on a number of matters including approval from the NZ competition regulator.

Woolworths Group chief executive Brad Banducci says the supermarket chain can fund its ambitious store renewal program without $ 1.8 billion in cash from the sale of its fuel business, which has been blocked by the competition regulator.

Saputo Inc. won approval on Wednesday from Australia's competition regulator for the planned US$ 1 - billion takeover of the country's largest dairy processor, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, after the Canadian company agreed to sell a key asset.

The competition regulator has raised concerns over Woolworths» plans to acquire a full - scale supermarket and liquor licence from a high - profile independent retailer supplied by Metcash.

Royal Ahold has received approval from the Dutch competition regulator NMa to buy 29 Konmar stores from Laurus...

The government is expected to allow GPS to opt out of the commissioning process, prevent private firms from «cherry - picking» the most lucrative parts of the NHS and ensure that the new NHS regulator will prioritise competition on quality of service rather than cost.

These include patent expirations, the rise of competition from generics, a downward pressure on drug prices, increasing scrutiny from regulators and health technology assessment bodies, pressure to move research offshore, and the crisis in R&D productivity.

Instead, the model came under attack from US regulators who saw it as a competition violation.

«Drillers fear that federal protections for more threatened and endangered animals could drive up their costs at a time when the industry is already battered by low oil prices, growing competition from renewable energy, and increasing attention from investors and regulators over the climate - altering impacts of fossil fuels,» DeSmog's Sharon Kelly wrote.

The proposed acquisition of Canadian exchange operator TMX Group by a consortium of Canadian financial institutions has won approval from Canada's top securities regulator, potentially clearing the way for approval by the country's main competition watchdog.

The advantages are greatest when the case arises as a «follow - on» action from a finding of anti-competitive behaviour by a competition regulator.

The Government announced on 30 November that it will launch its own consultation in Spring 2016 into removing barriers to entry for alternative business models and making legal service regulators independent from their representative bodies to encourage competition, better enabling, for example business such as supermarkets and estate agents to offer legal services such as conveyancing, probate and litigation.

Stephen Ward, director of strategy and external relations at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers said: «This study provides useful evidence as the legal sector regulators continue to shape our responses to recommendations from the Competition and Markets Authority on making more information available to help consumers choose their lawyer.

Elsewhere, the Bank of Korea (the country's central bank), the Financial Supervisory Service (the financial watchdog) and the Fair Trade Commission (the regulator for economic competition), have all banned their employees from trading cryptocurrencies during work hours, urging them to trade during their off - duty hours instead.

I think government intervention is what we deserved years ago by way of the regulators of this industry when Melanie Aitken allied with several individuals to shake things up to allow for «more competition» from these private and discount companies.

The problem is that the regulators have no interest in getting into conflicts with the Competition Bureau, and some of the requests from industry seem to be a move in that direction.

In choosing professionals, developers should consider that the market has evolved rapidly to reflect changing adjudication policies at USCIS, attention from securities regulators, increasing sophistication, underwriting scrutiny of marketing agents, and enhanced competition in the marketplace.

I am sometimes very disappointed in our Regulators, There seems to be a strong shift from policing policy to leading the industries down the garden rows in the last 20 years... The Competition Board and others seems to want us to build our business models based on models of the litigious society.