- Halliburton (HAL -0.4%) refiles a request for European Union antitrust approval of its takeover bid for Baker Hughes (BHI +0.3%), four months after the EU rejected an earlier application because of insufficient data.
- The European Commission reportedly will decide by Jan. 12 whether to clear the deal or open a full investigation.
- U.S. antitrust regulators also also looking at the deal, while Canada, Kazakhstan, South Africa and Turkey have approved; Australia's antitrust agency raised concerns last month and will issue its decision on Dec. 17.