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Thursday 28 November 2024
Microsoft faces broad antitrust investigation from US FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft, drilling into everything from the company's cloud computing and software licensing businesses to...
Friday 26 July 2024
Global watchdogs join hands to intensify crackdown on AI giants' market dominance
International watchdogs are intensifying their scrutiny of leading tech giants, collaborating to examine potential monopolistic behaviors and partnerships that may skew the market.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Microsoft and Apple drop OpenAI board seats amid AI safety and monopoly concerns
Microsoft has announced its decision to forgo its observer seat on OpenAI's board, with Apple reportedly following suit. Despite these moves, concerns about market monopolization...
Friday 7 June 2024
Microsoft, Nvidia to face US antitrust probes over AI moves
The US is opening antitrust investigations into two of the world's most valuable companies, Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp., over their dominance of the rapidly emerging field of...
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Years after leading antitrust case against Qualcomm, Apple now on the receiving end
Apple has recently found itself in an antitrust predicament, as the US Department of Justice (DOJ), alongside 15 state courts and D.C., filed a joint lawsuit against Apple.
Thursday 10 September 2020
Epistar-Lextar merger plan receives Taiwan approval
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Eipstar and vertically-integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics have received approval from Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for their plan to...
Tuesday 21 January 2020
FTC issues green light for WPG offer to buy 30% stake in WT
The Fair Trade Commission has newly ruled that IC distributor WPG can carry out its open tender offer to acquire 30% of ordinary shares of its peer WT Microelectronics (WT) purely...
Wednesday 18 December 2019
Concerns about tender offer by competitor: Q&A with WT Microelectronics chairman Eric Cheng
Taiwan's leading IC distributor WPG has announced an open tender offer to acquire 30% of ordinary shares of its peer WT Microelectronics (WT). WPG has requested the Fair Trade Commission...
Friday 9 November 2018
Qualcomm investments to generate vast benefits for Taiwan, say officials
Increasing investments by Qualcomm in Taiwan coupled with collaborative efforts between the US-based chipmaker and Taiwan's networking device makers in the 5G area will create a production...
Friday 18 May 2018
Murata, Pegatron, Inventec dismiss reports about MLCC deals
Murata Manufacturing, Pegatron and Inventec have dismissed recent reports from Taiwan about deals they had allegedly struck over stable MLCC supply amid serious shortages of the passive...
Thursday 12 October 2017
Qualcomm faces antitrust fine in Taiwan
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded an investigation into wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, finding that certain of the company's business practices are in violation of...
Thursday 7 September 2017
TSMC clarifies report on antitrust investigation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has responded to media reports indicating the company is facing EU and US antitrust investigations by saying it has not received...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Broadcom agrees to restrictions on access to sensitive Cisco info in Brocade deal, says FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Broadcom has agreed to establish a firewall to remedy the FTC’s concerns that its proposed US$5.9 billion acquisition...
Thursday 1 June 2017
TPVIA requests FTC to probe solar cell price reporting by PVinsights, EnergyTrend
The Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA) has filed a request with Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate weekly reporting of crystalline silicon solar cell...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
ASE, SPIL get US antitrust approval
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have received approval from US antitrust regulators for their proposed merger, according to the...