Saudi deal with Iran worries Israel, shakes up Middle East

[ad_1] In Israel, it caused disappointment — along with finger-pointing. One of Netanyahu’s greatest foreign policy triumphs remains Israel’s U.S.-brokered normalization deals in 2020 with four Arab states, including Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. They were part of a wider push to isolate and oppose Iran in the region.Continue Reading

Feds looking to block $13 billion mortgage software deal

[ad_1] A lawsuit would also be the latest volley from President Joe Biden’s antitrust enforcers, FTC Chair Lina Khan and Assistant Attorney General for antitrust Jonathan Kanter, who have both pledged to rein in corporate consolidation. The FTC is currently challenging deals including Microsoft’s takeover of video game giant ActivisionContinue Reading

FTC won't challenge Amazon's One Medical deal

[ad_1] The Federal Trade Commission has decided it won’t challenge Amazon’s $3.9 billion deal for primary care provider One Medical, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The time period in which the FTC can sue to block the deal prior to its closing expires today, theContinue Reading

FTC won’t challenge Amazon’s One Medical deal

[ad_1] “The FTC’s investigation of Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical continues,” said FTC spokesperson Douglas Farrar. “The commission will continue to look at possible harms to competition created by this merger as well as possible harms to consumers that may result from Amazon’s control and use of sensitive consumer healthContinue Reading