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Exclusive: U.S. queries AB InBev on distribution incentives amid merger probe

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. antitrust officials are investigating Anheuser-Busch InBev over its new incentives that encourage independent distributors to sell more of its own beer brands at the expense of competing craft brews, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Budweiser owner AB InBev has 45.8 percent of the U.S. beer market but has seen sales…

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Oaktree urged Tribune Publishing to merge with Gannett: Barron’s

Oaktree Capital Management urged newspaper publisher Tribune Publishing to negotiate a merger with Gannett Co Inc after it declined a purchase offer by Gannett, Barron's reported, citing 13D filings from May 5-11. Oaktree also stated that “in the event one or more other

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Google faces record 3 billion euro EU antitrust fine: Telegraph

Google faces a record antitrust fine of around 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) from the European Commission in the coming weeks, British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph said. The European Union has accused Google of promoting its shopping service in Internet searches at the expense of rival services in a case that has dragged on since late 2010. Several people familiar with the matter told Reuters last month they believed that after three failed attempts at a…

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