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CMA launches multiple investigations into Microsoft and Amazon concerning AI startup investments

Selective investments by Microsoft and Amazon into AI startups are under the lens of the CMA.

Google is dragging its feet on killing third-party cookies yet again

Google is dragging its feet on killing third-party cookies yet again

Google keeps putting off the death of third-party cookies in Chrome.

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UK Regulators Investigate Microsoft And Amazon AI Deals

UK Regulators Investigate Microsoft And Amazon AI Deals

British regulators investigate Microsoft and Amazon AI deals for potential anti-competitive behavior, prompting scrutiny in the rapidly evolving AI industry.

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UK competition watchdog steps up scrutiny of big tech’s role in AI startups

Microsoft and Amazon asked to comment on tie-ups, a move that paves way for formal investigation

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Google Chrome delays third-party cookies plan yet again

Third-party cookie deprecation in GoogleChrome has been given yet another pushback.

The big tech firms want an AI monopoly – but the UK watchdog can bring them to heel

Microsoft, Meta and Google are snapping up small players in the burgeoning industry – but the Competition and Markets Authority is demanding fair play

The Guardian - UK

Competition under threat as cloud giants selectively invest in startups, watchdog says

Dominating cloud companies are getting even more attention from the CMA, this time in the terms of artificial intelligence.

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UK has real concerns about AI risks, says competition regulator

UK has real concerns about AI risks, says competition regulator

Concentration of power among just six big tech companies ‘could lead to winner takes all dynamics’

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog eyes sport spread betting merger for potential monopoly

Spreadex and Sporting Index are the only two licensed operators of sports spread betting in the UK.

Evening Standard

UK competition watchdog confirms Vodafone-Three merger requires further investigation

UK competition watchdog confirms Vodafone-Three merger requires further investigation

Vodafone-Three deal will now face "in-depth investigation" from UK CMA over competition fears.

Thames Water parent ‘owes two Chinese state-owned banks’ as debt downgraded – as it happened

Thames Water parent ‘owes two Chinese state-owned banks’ as debt downgraded – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Fitch downgrades debt of parent of water company, saying default is likely

The Guardian - UK

Comment: 'Is keeping ground rent for pension funds securing our future — or stealing it?'

The Leasehold Reform Bill looks set to let down people saving for their futures to protect the big pension funds

Evening Standard

Asda, Asos and Boohoo must avoid ‘greenwashing’ after crackdown

Asda, Asos and Boohoo must avoid ‘greenwashing’ after crackdown

Retailers will have to file regular reports to UK regulator after concerns over environmental claims

The Guardian - UK

UK Libor trader Tom Hayes loses appeal against rate-rigging conviction – as it happened

UK Libor trader Tom Hayes loses appeal against rate-rigging conviction – as it happened

The former star UBS and Citigroup trader was convicted of conspiracy to defraud by manipulating financial benchmark and served 5 1/2 years in prison

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TechScape: Is the US calling time on Apple’s smartphone domination?

The tech giant fights regulators on both sides of the Atlantic, as the US government launches a grab-bag of accusations. Plus, Elon Musk’s bad day in court

Evening Standard

Vodafone has changed a lot since its past M&A successes

City Comment: The CMA's Vodafone probe is a test of the City’s deal-making confidence

Evening Standard

'We spent £10k on our cat in a month' – the London pet owners battling soaring vet bills

As government watchdogs launch an inquiry into the soaring prices of treatments and medicines charged by veterinary practices, Emma Loffhagen talks to pet owners being forced to pay staggering sums to save their beloved animals

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UK’s competition watchdog looks into Barratt’s £2.5bn Redrow takeover

CMA gathering information ahead of investigation to assess impact merger would have on competition

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Evening Standard

The CMA should tackle the biggest threat to competition in the housing market: our planning system

City Comment: The CMA knows the planning system stifles competition but says it’s too complex to order changes. That’s a cop-out.

Evening Standard

Competition watchdog investigates £2.5 billion housebuilder merger

The CMA has opened an invitation to comment until 2 April

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph takeover: UK plans law to stop foreign ownership of newspapers

New legislation could thwart planned £600m purchase of media group by UAE-backed consortium

The Guardian - UK

Ground rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdog

CMA says government may have to step in to protect leaseholders, as thousands in England and Wales remain trapped in contracts

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: How ‘unprecedented’ vet costs have made pets almost unaffordable

In today’s newsletter: As a watchdog says it will investigate ‘unprecedented’ complaints about the cost of owning a pet, here’s how prices got out of control

The Guardian - UK

Vet practices: the competition watchdog is barking up a promising tree

Independent owners are declining fast in a sector now dominated by six big names and private equity

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph and Spectator takeover: News Corp and Mail owner consider bids

Planned acquisition by UAE-backed RedBird IMI is being considered by the culture secretary

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