Italy’s competition watchdog has opened a broad market investigation into how large-scale grocery retailers shape pricing and value distribution across the agri-food supply chain, as food prices continue to rise faster than inflation and farmers report mounting pressure on margins.
Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente have agreed to pay $556 million to resolve federal allegations that they improperly inflated Medicare Advantage payments by submitting unsupported diagnosis codes, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Malaysia’s competition watchdog has issued a proposed decision against two enterprises over alleged bid-rigging linked to a major highway construction project valued at approximately $61 million (RM285 million).
Amazon plans to appeal an Italian antitrust ruling even after a court sharply reduced a record competition fine imposed on the company, signaling that a closely watched regulatory battle in Europe is far from over.
Spain’s competition watchdog, the CNMC, has fined ICON €1.2 million and barred it from public-sector contracts for five months, concluding that the company ran a long-standing strategy to tightly control prices and commercial conditions in the professional hairdressing products market.
A new guidance brochure, published on 9 January 2026, has been developed by the Swedish Coordinating Body for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism, working alongside the Swedish Police Authority, the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Swedish Security Service, and Sweden’s financial watchdog. Its aim is to help providers of money transfer services understand how their businesses are being exploited and what they are expected to do about it.
Federal Trade Commission officials are seeking information from 20 universities as part of a new inquiry into whether sports agents working with student athletes are complying with federal requirements designed to protect those athletes.