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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, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to 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... Read more
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