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US defense officials’ role in Lockheed-Aerojet deal; Australia ponders banking competition
20 August 2021 00:00
Duration: 21:16
A United States review of the combination between Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne is set to continue for months, amid growing questions about whether the Federal Trade Commission is ready to accept behavioral remedies, rather than a structural solution. But there are other regulatory factors at play — including the role of the Department of Defense, which finds itself in the unusual position of having a say in all defense-related mergers because it is often the sole customer of military products and services. Meanwhile, concerns over a lack of competition in Australia’s banking industry are playing out in the review of National Australia Bank’s play for Citigroup’s consumer business.
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James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, is spearheading MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the European operation of US political website... Read more
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Curtis Eichelberger covers mergers and acquisitions for MLex in Washington DC. Curtis was the sports enterprise reporter at Bloomberg News for 16 years where he covered subjects including debt financing, employment contracts, government subsidies, taxes and health. Earlier, he worked for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver covering the Denver Broncos, the University of Colorado and the Denver Nuggets as a beat writer. Curtis earned his Master's degree from Georgetown University in 2009 and published... Read more
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Laurel is a senior correspondent covering data privacy and security, antitrust and mergers and acquisitions across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to that, Laurel spent a year spearheading MLex’s activist investment coverage, looking at boardroom disputes and shareholder campaigns agitating for changes to company strategy. Laurel joined MLex in 2013 and reported for five years on European energy and climate policies from Brussels. In that time, Laurel covered the regulation of emissions and technological developments... Read more