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• CC announces changes

  2 Aug 2011

  The Competition Commission (CC) has announced that two of its Deputy Chairmen are to stand down, whilst also welcoming a new acting Chief Economist.

• CC formally cancels News Corp/BSkyB inquiry

  25 Jul 2011

  The Competition Commission (CC) has today formally cancelled its inquiry into the proposed acquisition by News Corporation of the 60.9 per cent of shares in British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC not already owned by it.

• CC provisionally clears Thomas Cook/Co-op travel agency joint venture

  21 Jul 2011

  The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally cleared the anticipated travel business joint venture between Thomas Cook, the Co-operative Group (Co-op) and the Midlands Co-operative Society (Midlands).

• CC confirms BAA airports sales

  19 Jul 2011

  BAA will be required to sell Stansted Airport followed by Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport, the Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed today.

• BATS/Chi-X merger inquiry: issues statement

  12 Jul 2011

  The Competition Commission (CC) has today published an issues statement as part of its investigation into the anticipated acquisition by BATS Trading Limited of Chi-X Europe Limited.

• CAT refers wholesale mobile voice call termination appeals to CC

  1 Jul 2011

  The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has today referred to the Competition Commission (CC) the price control matters in appeals brought against Ofcom by British Telecom, Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G and Vodafone. The reference is about the prices that Ofcom permits communication providers to charge for the termination of a wholesale mobile voice call.

• Stena/DFDS merger inquiry: CC clears ferry acquisition

  29 Jun 2011

  The Competition Commission (CC) has formally cleared Stena AB’s completed acquisition of two Irish Sea ferry services from DFDS A/S.

• Review of Domestic Electrical Goods Order: CC invites comments on the OFT’s advice

  24 Jun 2011

  The Competition Commission (CC) is to review whether to remove the Domestic Electrical Goods Order (and certain associated undertakings), which prevents suppliers from recommending resale prices or making agreements that restrict the resale prices of wholesalers and retailers for goods such as televisions and washing machines. The Order also sets out measures to prevent suppliers from applying criteria they use to select wholesalers and retailers in a discriminatory way so as to withhold supply from certain wholesalers or retailers.

• CC Chief Economist joins FTC

  22 Jun 2011

  The Competition Commission’s (CC) Chief Economist, Dr Alison Oldale, is joining the USA’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on a year’s secondment as Deputy Director for Antitrust Economics in the Bureau of Economics. Dr Oldale, who will take up her position next month, joined the CC in April 2009 from economics consulting firm LECG, where she was a director.

• BATS Trading/Chi-X merger inquiry – CC invites evidence

  20 Jun 2011

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the anticipated acquisition by BATS Trading Limited of Chi-X Europe Limited to the Competition Commission (CC).