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Sky-Fox merger referred to regulators

Geoff Riley

12th September 2017

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Competition policy in action - after months of delay the Government seems to minded to refer the $14 billion Sky-Fox merger for investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority.

The main concern is that the takeover would give Sky too much market power and ultimately damage consumer welfare.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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