Interesting links for this week

Global cartel enforcement report – Key findings: Mid-year 2017: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4b99f432-eab4-4b46-9244-dc54af20801c

China will amend its merger control regime: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/china-to-amend-the-merger-control-regime-16815/

The Commission is only a part of Google’s problems. The company has faced and faces antitrust investigations around the globe: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2017/07/11/googles-anti-trust-woes-whats-next-in-europe-and-india

According to the Washington Post, Google finances scholarship favorable to it as part of a sophisticated lobbying operation: https://www.wsj.com/articles/paying-professors-inside-googles-academic-influence-campaign-1499785286 To which Google responds: http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-no-we-dont-fund-biased-research-and-just-look-whos-paying-our-accusers/

Yandex, the “Google of Russia,” and Uber have agreed to merge their ride-sharing businesses in Russia and five neighboring markets with Yandex as leading partner: http://fortune.com/2017/07/13/uber-yandex-russia/ and the competition authority may not like it: http://tass.com/economy/956203 

The shipping industry’s competitive landscape is going to change substantially with this mega merger: https://www.worldfinance.com/markets/chinas-cosco-to-buy-rival-shipper-orient-overseas-for-6-3bn

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