Which are the key regulatory authorities in the US enforcing antitrust laws and thus scrutinize (and then approve or challenge)
acquisitions of US-based publicly traded companies by other US firms or by foreign firms? What ownership threshold (i.e.
percentage number of purchased shares of a publicly traded company by another domestic firm or domestic investor) needs to be
crossed in the US to constitute an acquisition, and what is the percentage number for cross-border investments to constitute an
acquisition?