Ousted competition chief warns Reeves’s growth bid risks backfiring
The ousted boss of Britain’s competition watchdog has hit back at Rachel Reeves amid concerns that the Government plans to ...
Consumer watchdog chairman resigns amid Reeves’s push for growth
The chairman of Britain’s consumer watchdog has announced plans to step down as Rachel Reeves urges regulators to slash red ...
EU to tighten checks on cheap products from sites like Temu and Shein
The European Union will increase customs checks on goods shipped directly by ecommerce retailers like Temu and Shein to EU ...
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Protecting Consumers Is Not Anti-Growth
Firebrand consumer champion ... Federal Trade Commission antitrust authority. And last week came a real shocker: The UK government ousted the chair of its Competition & Markets Authority merger ...
CMA and ASA probe Chelsea-linked Vivid Seats over ticket touting
Consumer group FanFair Alliance has reported Vivid Seats, a company part-owned by Chelsea chair Todd Boehly, to watchdogs for ...
City A.M.9d
FCA has the same ‘red flags’ as the Post Office, MPs say in fresh attack
and the former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, Lord Tyrie, among its members, said the FCA had been “unconstructive” in responding to a 350-page paper which criticised its oper ...
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UK competition watchdog to investigate Google search services
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which gained a wider ... Google's collection and use of large quantities of consumer data will also be looked at, it added. The growth in AI-powered ...
The Hill9d
Why were lawmakers only lobbing softballs at Sean Duffy?
Instead of facing rigorous and probing questions about his longstanding ties to the airline industry or his vision on consumer protection and competition ... Practices authority to promote ...
Tax Guru12d
Penalty was leviable on Meta and ban was stayed on WhatsApp’s Data-Sharing Policy
IA No.280 of 2025 has been filed in Competition Appeal (AT) No.01 of 2025 filed by WhatsApp LLC praying to stay the effect and operation of the impugned order dated 18.11.2024 passed by the ...
Mint8d
London is getting it wrong: Consumer protection is not anti-growth
But the UK government wants merger scrutiny to be more business-friendly and has weakened its antitrust authority ... that its primary aim of protecting competition should give way to a more ...
BreakingNews.ie12d
Ryanair loses appeal over attempt to sue Italian competition authority
Ryanair has failed in an appeal seeking to overturn a decision that it cannot sue the Italian competition and antitrust authority in ... Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ...
The Conversation on MSN15d
As the ‘digital oligarchy’ grows in power, NZ will struggle to regulate its global reach and influence
When the Christchurch terrorist attack was livestreamed on Facebook (owned by Meta), New Zealand ... The legislation would grant the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission the authority to ...