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March 2013

Commerce Commission clears merger of Penguin and Random House book publishers

19 March 2013

The Commerce Commission has cleared Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (owner of Random House) and Pearson plc (owner of Penguin) to form a new jointly-owned company - Penguin Random House- which will acquire the consumer book publishing businesses of the two companies. Consumer books exclude text books and technical books.

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Baxter International seeks clearance to acquire Gambro AB

15 March 2013

The Commerce Commission has received an application from Baxter International Inc. seeking clearance to acquire Gambro Pty Ltd. The application relates to a global merger.

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Commission consulting on business competition guidelines

8 March 2013

The Commerce Commission is consulting on new draft guidelines that outline the Commission’s approach to assessing clearance and authorisation applications.

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