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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI think they’re still there, just haven’t been trotted out in recent history. And mergers keep getting approved.
minus-squareSatouKazuma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoThe last merger that got blocked was almost 50 years ago, I believe. So yeah…it’s probably dead.
minus-squareburndown@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoWhich was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years ago
minus-squareSatouKazuma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.
minus-squareZana@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDidn’t they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?
minus-squareSatouKazuma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI thought that was the UK’s Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.
minus-squareSatouKazuma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy mistake then. Thank you.
I think they’re still there, just haven’t been trotted out in recent history. And mergers keep getting approved.
The last merger that got blocked was almost 50 years ago, I believe. So yeah…it’s probably dead.
Which was that? Also, DraftKings and FanDuel got rejected about 10 years ago
I want to say it was in the telecoms industry. But I completely forgot about that merger you mentioned. Thanks for reminding me.
Didn’t they just block the Nvidia ARM merger a few years back?
I thought that was the UK’s Competition Markets Authority that blocked the ARM deal.
FTC sued to block it
My mistake then. Thank you.