Bloomberg Law
Sept. 29, 2016, 2:56 PM UTC

EU’s Vestager ‘Exploring’ Need to Probe Deals With Valuable Data

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By Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg News

User data could be a key factor in how a merger affects competition in the future, European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager warned as the EU prepares to review Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn Corp.

Firms looking at deals as a way to increase their hold on data may face greater scrutiny from the EU as regulators are exploring the need to start looking deeper at such tie-ups, even where the target company doesn’t have large sales, she said in prepared remarks Thursday.

“A company might even buy up a rival ...

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