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Gillespie: Foundations of Economics

Unit 16

Competition Commission
If you would like to read more about the role of the Competition Commission and find out about some of the cases investigated by the Competition Commission you can visit
www.competition-commission.org.uk/

Daimler Benz
"When Germany's Daimler Benz merged with the third of America's big three car makers, Chrysler, in 1998 the deal was designed to create an automotive powerhouse, capable of matching the international reach of General Motors and Ford and confronting the emerging challenge from Japan." In fact the deal created all kinds of problems that led shareholders to seek a de-merger by 2007. For more about this visit
business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2016799,00.html

Office of Fair Trading
The Office of Fair Trading sets out to make markets work better for consumers. To read more about its work visit
www.oft.gov.uk/default.htm