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EU antitrust regulators opened on Wednesday a full-scale investigation into BlackRock and MSC's bid for CK Hutchison's terminal at Barcelona port, saying the deal could lead to higher results or reduce the quality of container terminal services.

BlackRock and MSC's bid for most of CK Hutchison's global port operations faces a hurdle in Europe with EU antitrust regulators set to investigate the Spanish portion of the deal, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison is planning a dual listing of AS Watson Group in Hong Kong and the U.K.

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison has been studying a potential tie-up of its Italian telecom unit Wind Tre and the Italian operations of French telecoms group Iliad, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Public-private partnerships could take over two key ports near the Panama Canal if courts invalidate a contract with Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's to operate them, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday.

Panama's comptroller general, Anel Flores, said on Wednesday he had filed suit to the nation's Supreme Court against a contract to operate ports near the Panama Canal, held by a local firm controlled by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.

CK Hutchison said changes to the composition of the consortium and structure of the transaction would be necessary to secure regulatory approval.

CK Hutchison's plan to sell most of its $22.8 billion ports business is unlikely to be finalised anytime soon, with political brinkmanship set to continue, and sources saying that a Sunday deadline for exclusive talks was likely to be extended.