Europe's top court on Thursday referred Hutchison's challenge against an EU veto of its 13-billion-pound bid to acquire O2 UK from Spain's Telefonica seven years ago back to a lower tribunal.
Lina Khan, the progressive head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), faced tough questions on Thursday from a Republican-led House committee about court fights over multi-billion dollar mergers the agency opposed and lost.
South Korean authorities pledged on Thursday to ensure liquidity at a local credit cooperative that has seen one of its branches hit by customer withdrawals after media reports about a rise in non-performing loans related to real estate projects.
Belgium's FSMA regulator said on Friday that it had ordered Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, to cease with immediate effect offering any virtual currency services in Belgium. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Editing by Louise Heavens)