Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a full-scale investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The UK’s CMA plans to investigation Broadcom’s proposed $61B VMware acquisition, following similar investigations by the European Commission and FTC  —  The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a so-called “phase 1” investigation into Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion deal …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Filing: European Commission sets a provisional November 8 deadline to complete the review of Microsoft’s proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition  —  EU antitrust regulators will decide by Nov. 8 whether to clear Microsoft Corp’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of “Call of Duty” …

Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
The SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance; VMware agrees to pay $8M to settle without denying or admitting charges  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it has charged cloud computing company VMware Inc (VMW.N) …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in 2023 as regulators grow frustrated over slow settlement talks  —  Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated …

Reuters:
Hua Hong Semiconductor, China’s second-largest chipmaker, receives approval for a ~$2.5B Shanghai IPO and plans to use the funds to build a plant in Wuxi, China  —  Chinese chip manufacturer Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd (1347.HK) has received regulatory approval for an 18 billion yuan …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions on the Microsoft-Activision deal, including whether Microsoft will block rivals’ access to Activision’s games  —  EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft (MSFT.O) will be incentivised to block rivals’ access to …