Cora-Marie Pinter is research officer at NERA Economic Consulting since March 2015. Previously, Ms. Pinter was Consultant in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Economics Practice in Berlin. Prior to joining PwC in the beginning of 2010, she wrote her diploma thesis "Abuse of Dominance in EU Competition Policy: The Guidance Paper of the Commission" in cooperation with PwC. She gained practical experience during a six month internship at the same practice in 2008 and while working for the Investment Section of the Canadian Embassy to Germany. At PwC, she was involved in the economic analysis of cartel and merger cases and acted as monitoring trustee for the German federal cartel Office, the European Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. Cora studied economics at the Philipps-University Marburg, Germany and the University of Alberta, Canada. In her studies she has focused on industrial economics and competition policy and economics. She also worked for several semesters as a tutor and research assistant at the Competition Policy Institute and the Institute for Macroeconomics.
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The operation On 17 March 2008, the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) cleared, in a second stage decision, the acquisition by Coop of Carrefour’s stores in Switzerland (12 existing and 2 planned hypermarkets), which in Switzerland were run by Distributis SA (jointly owned by Carrefour and (...)
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The operation On 13 March 2008 the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO), in a Stage 2 decision, cleared a merger between Fenaco and Steffen-Ris subject to remedies. Fenaco and companies controlled by Steffen-Ris are active in the markets for agricultural products. Fenaco is among the main (...)
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The operation UFH Holding GmbH (UFH) is based in Vienna, Austria and is active in the market for collecting and recovering raw materials from waste and in particular collecting and recovering electrical and electronic appliances. Remondis Electrorecycling GmbH (Remondis) is a world-wide waste (...)
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The operation Coop is the second largest retail group in Switzerland. Dipl. Ing. Fust AG (“Furst”) is a high-street retailer of electrical goods and appliances. Following a Stage 2 investigation, the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) cleared the merger subject to remedies on 21 November (...)
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Transaction and Parties Sulzer Markets & Technology AG intended to acquire 75,1% of Kelmix Holding AG , 76% of Werfo AG, 76% of Mold AG and 100% of the founder’s rights of Mold Anstalt. Sulzer and Kelmix manufacture, among other things, two-component cartridges used for the filling of (...)
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The operation The merger involved the acquisition by Migros of 70% of food retailer Denner. The merger was cleared by the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) on 3 September 2007 in a Stage 2 decision, subject to the most extensive remedies ever imposed by WEKO up to that point. Migros is the (...)
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The operation The three-party merger between SWX (SWX Group and Verein SWX Swiss Exchange), SIS (SIS Swiss Financial Services Group AG) and Telekurs (Telekurs Holding AG) was approved by the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) in October 2007 in a Stage 1 decision. This was possible as the (...)
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The operation Strabag AG is one of Europe’s leading construction groups, headquartered in Austria and mainly active in building and civil engineering. Storf Hoch- und Tiefbau mbH (Storf) is a Tyrolean civil engineering and construction company. Strabag intended to acquire 100% of Storf. The (...)
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The operation On 7 March 2005, the Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) cleared a joint venture between seven electricity companies for the transmission of electricity (Swissgrid AG). The seven companies are Aare-Tessin AG, BKW FMB Energie AG, Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke, (...)
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The operation Lenzing AG produces the cellulosic fibres viscose and lyocell. Tencel only produces lyocell fibres. Lyocell is a chemical fibre extracted from wood. The production process for lyocell is much more environmentally friendly than the production process for viscose. The initial (...)
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The operation Morawa Pressevertrieb GmbH (Morawa) and Mediaprint Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenverlag GmbH & Co KG (Mediaprint) are together the only undertakings active in the field of press distribution in Austria and proposed the establishment of a distribution joint venture, Morawa (...)
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The operation Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Wrigley) USA is one of the world’s leading chewing gum producers.Joyco Inversiones, S.A. (Joyco) is part of the Spanish Corporation Agrolimen S.A. Wrigley sells chewing gum, bubble gum and mints. Joyco is also a manufacturer, mainly of bubble gum, in (...)
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The operation Agrana Zucker und Stärke AG (Agrana) is one of the leading Central European sugar and starch producing groups. Since 2003 it has also been globally active in the fruit market, which makes up the third core segment of its business. The French company Financière Atys SA (Atys) is (...)
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The operation Moser Holding AG (Moser) controls the major daily newspaper in the Tyrol ("Tiroler Tageszeitung") and the regional Tyrolean radio station "Antenne Tirol". Athesia Druck GmbH (Athesia) publishes the South Tyrolean newspaper "Dolomiten" and runs the local radio station "Arabella (...)
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The operation Saria Holding AG (Saria) and Medicur Holding Gesellschaft mbH (Medicur) notified their proposal to acquire Dr Heinrich Schuster Werbung and Heimatwerbung (Dr Schuster) to the Federal Competition Authority (BWB).The BWB referred the acquisition to the Austrian Cartel Court (OLG.) (...)
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