Google's $2.6bn deal for Looker Data Science approved by CMA

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Google Cloud's $2.6bn deal for Looker has been approved by the CMA
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Google Cloud's $2.6bn deal for Looker has been approved by the CMA

Google's proposed acquisition has been investigated, and approved, by three national competition authorities

Google's $2.6 billion deal to acquire Looker Data Science has today been approved by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Tabled in June 2019, the CMA concluded that the combination would...

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