EU approves IBM's $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat

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European Commission concludes that IBM's proposed takeover of Red Hat posed no competition concerns

The European Commission has unconditionally approved IBM's $34 billion takeover of open-source software maker Red Hat. In a statement, the European Commission said that following an investigatio...

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