NielsenIQ makes second attempt to gain EU nod for GfK merger

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Advent-owned NielsenIQ has made another attempt to secure EU antitrust approval for its merger with German peer GfK, with an EU decision due by June 20, according to a European Commission filing on Friday. The U.S. consumer market research company pulled its first filing three weeks ago, just before the EU competition enforcer was due to open a full-scale investigation into the deal. The company submitted its second request for approval of the deal on Thursday. NielsenIQ, which is present in more than 90 markets covering more than 90% of the World’s populat…

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