UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China

After all the drama, the UK's competition regulator has given chipmaker Broadcom its unconditional blessing to acquire VMware. However, the merger can still not be considered done and dusted as it faces a potential roadblock from China. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Monday that it has cleared …

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At least somebody is blocking mergers

Mergers are virtually always a disaster for users. We'd all benefit if our own governments would do a lot more blocking.