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HPE’s $14 Billion Juniper Deal Attracts UK Antitrust Scrutiny

  • UK watchdog will decide if deal poses any competition concerns
  • The CMA said it’ll make a decision for full review by Aug. 14

Juniper Networks headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s $14 billion deal to buy Juniper Networks Inc., in a move that will expand its presence in networking, will be investigated by the UK’s antitrust watchdog.

The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it had started a merger inquiry to look at whether the deal raises any competition concerns. The agency set a Aug. 14 deadline to make a call on whether to probe the deal in full.