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Israel's IDB units Discount, Koor complete merger
2014-03-02 12:18:25| Chemicals - Topix.net
Israel's Discount Investment Corp completed a takeover of sister company Koor Industries in a move aimed at simplifying the conglomerate structure of parent IDB Holding Corp, the companies said on Sunday.
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editorial: Comcast-Time Warner merger should be blocked
2014-03-01 05:30:19| Telecom - Topix.net
Netflix's agreement to pay Comcast for smoother streaming of movies and TV shows marks the end of an era for the Internet.
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EC fears price increases from O2, E-Plus merger - report
2014-02-27 10:19:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Telefonica's propsoed takeover of German operator E-Plus could raise mobile prices by up to a third for some customers, according to the European Commission. This was part of the conclusions of its initial evaluation of the proposed takeover, which would see Germany's third- and fourth-largest mobile operators merged. The EC competition authorities sent its first opinion on the deal to the companies on 26 February, the Financial Times reports. According to people familiar with the 'statement of objections' draft, antitrust officials estimated that post-merger, the average price of a mobile plan would rise by 13-17 percent. This is broken down to a 26-37 percent increase in the prepaid market for customers without a lengthy contract, where the merged group would wield a market share approaching 60 percent. In the postpaid market, there could be a 9-12 percent jump. E-Plus' owner KPN said the objections are "common practice in such a regulatory review". Telefonica said it was "optimistic" about winning approval for the deal, which is said would increase competition and "challenge the market leaders with attractive products and prices". Telefonica will have the opportunity in the coming weeks to challenge the commission's conclusion. It will probably point to another quantitative model cited in the draft objections that predicts a more modest 5-9 percent average rise.
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Dixons and Carphone in merger talks
2014-02-24 11:38:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Dixons Retail, the owner of Currys and PC World, and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse say they are in talks over a possible merger.
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Altice, Vivendi near deal on Numericable-SFR merger - report
2014-02-24 08:49:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Media and telecom multinational Vivendi has reached an agreement in principle to sell its French mobile and broadband subsidiary, SFR, to Altice, an investment company controlled by Patrick Drahi, Les Echos reports without citing its sources. The newspaper writes that this means that SFR will probably not go public, despite Vivendi's announced plans to list it this summer. Vivendi and Altice aim to reach a firm agreement within a few weeks. The operation values SFR at over EUR 15 billion, less than the valuation used when Vivendi bought out its former partner Vodafone in 2011. The potential agreement would see Altice owning over 50 percent of SFR-Numericable and Vivendi 32 percent. The merger-acquisition agreement would include around EUR 8 billion of debt, or less than four times its gross operating profit. SFR and Numericable would gain EUR 6 billion of synergies.
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