
Jean Comte
Senior Reporter at MLex Market Insight
Senior reporter with @mlexclusive. I like: lobbying tactics, tax transparency, financial regulation, transparency & accountability issues, EU budget, and beers
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1 week ago |
mlex.com | Jean Comte |Lewis Crofts
By Jean Comte and Lewis Crofts ( April 16, 2025, 16:20 GMT | Insight) -- Cargolux Airlines obtained 9.2 million euros from the European Commission in a settlement over interest on annulled fines, while bank HSBC received 3.5 million euros, the EU's annual budgetary disclosures revealed.
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1 week ago |
mlex.com | Jean Comte
By Jean Comte ( April 15, 2025, 13:25 GMT | Insight) -- The EU General Block Exemption Regulation needs to be simplified, according to comments from several member states seen by MLex.
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2 weeks ago |
mlex.com | Jean Comte |Andrew Boyce
By Jean Comte and Andrew Boyce ( April 7, 2025, 13:45 GMT | Comment) -- The Italian lender, Mediobanca, has labeled the takeover attempt by its rival, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, as hostile and hopes to have it rejected. However, the deal is unlikely to raise competition concerns due to the fragmented nature of the national banking market, nor draw opposition by the Italian government, which actively supports consolidation.
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3 weeks ago |
mlex.com | Jean Comte
By Jean Comte ( April 1, 2025, 09:54 GMT | Comment) -- Banco BPM is to go ahead with its plan to buy asset manager Anima despite its supervisor, the ECB, pushing against the favorable capital requirements treatment that the bank was expecting.
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3 weeks ago |
mlex.com | Lewis Crofts |Jean Comte |Nicholas Hirst
By Lewis Crofts, Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst ( March 28, 2025, 11:45 GMT | Insight) -- Apple is set to see French investigators wrap up a probe into allegedly abusive conduct related to its “privacy prompt” for mobile apps.
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