EU Competition Commission to investigate Apple agency pricing agreements
6 December 2011
The European Union (EU) Competition Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into agency pricing agreements for ebooks between Apple and five major international publishers. The commission said in a...
ACCC, OFT clear Amazon acquisition of the Book Depository
2 November 2011
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the UK Office of Fair trading (OFT) have declared that they will not oppose Amazon's proposed acquisition of UK-based online book retailer...
UK Office of Fair Trading clears Amazon acquisition of the Book Depository
27 October 2011
The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has ruled that Amazon's acquisition of UK-based book online retailer The Book Depository would not lead to a lessening of competition within the...