Regularly, companies likeApple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook are investing majority in another company in order to take control of it. In some cases, the amount of the deal is even so high that it is a pure and simple acquisition and all of the targeted activities then change decision makers. A strategy which allows, in certain cases, to offer yourself a competitor.
But these operations can quickly pose a problem for the entire market when they allow one of the firms in question to get a little closer to themonopole. To avoid this, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) chose to take a closer look at all transactions from the last 10 years.
No more secrets between us
The stated objective here is to offer moretransparencyto the general public, like thelatest change in status of Apple Irelandor fromthe mentionfrom Facebooknow displayed when opening WhatsApp and Instagram on iOS and Android.
An investigation will thus be held to study all repurchases carried out between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019, including among those which did not make the headlines in the press (often, major accounts prefer to keep their strategy quiet, because it concerns projects that are still secret). At Apple, the Beats business andXnor.aihave for example already been well analyzed, but we do not know the amount offered toSpectral Edgethree months ago.
To finish, theFTCspecifies that it is possible that it will take legal action with retroactivity on previous repurchases: we are therefore not immune to new developments.
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