News Muncher - searching for probe

probe

Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI staff prompts UK probe

Regulators urged to launch probe into greenwashing by UK’s major banks

UK regulator asks for antitrust probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance

Fears about Amazon and Microsoft cloud computing dominance trigger UK probe

After months of being raked over the coals by politicians, campaigners, and the general public, supermarkets have been cleared of profiteering. The Competition & Markets Authority said on Thursday it had found no evidence of so-called “greedflation” by the nation’s supermarkets as it revealed the results of the first stage of a probe into high food and drink prices. The …

Regulators plan to probe Asda's £2.3billion deal for a petrol station operator amid fears it could push up fuel prices. The supermarket chain will snap up EG Group's UK and Irish businesses, creating a company with revenues of nearly £30billion and 170,000 employees, in a swoop masterminded by the Issa brothers. Merger: Asda will snap up EG Group's UK and …

Supermarkets are facing a new investigation into record-high prices for food and drink, after Britain’s regulator accused them of stalling its existing probe into the cost of fuel. The Competition and Markets Authority said it had no evidence of specific concerns “at this stage” but that it was “important to be sure that weak competition is not adding to the …

Apple, Google’s mobile browser dominance under probe in UK

Britain's competition watchdog has launched an in-depth investigation into the market dominance of Apple and Google's mobile browsers, months after the regulator began considering a probe. The Competition and Markets Authority said on Tuesday that responses to its consultation from June revealed "substantial support" for a fuller investigation into the matter and how iPhone-maker Apple restricts cloud gaming through its …

UK Regulator Could Probe Apple And Google Over Smartphone Market Domination

UK plans to probe Apple, Google mobile dominance

Aviva and Persimmon agree to leasehold changes amid watchdog probe

London CNN Business — Facebook is confronting two separate antitrust investigations by European regulators that will probe whether the social network’s use of data gives it an unfair advantage in online advertising. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has launched multiple investigations into US tech companies, said in a statement that data collected via social networks “should not be used …

UK's competition watchdog begins probe into Facebook's Giphy deal

Britain's competition watchdog to probe Nvidia's Arm takeover

The competition watchdog has kicked off a probe into the market for electric vehicle charging points amid concerns that “range anxiety” over electric cars will hold back Britain's climate ambitions. Already the number of charging points around the UK has increased from around 1,500 points in 20,000, although the CMA said more would be needed given this is the “only …

Google may face UK online advertising antitrust probe after Brexit

Google's domination of the UK's £14billion online advertising market must be the primary target of a blockbuster antitrust probe when Britain leaves the EU at the end of 2020, an influential group of publishers and adtech firms demanded today. Google dominates the UK search market across all platforms, especially in mobile, and must face an antitrust investigation, Marketers for an …