EU's Almunia doubts remedies can be found in Hutchison, Orange Austria case

There are doubts whether effective remedies can be found to make Hutchinson Whampoa's Austrian unit's bid to take over France Telecom's Orange Austria acceptable to European antitrust authorities, European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Tuesday.

In a speech in Cyprus, Mr. Almunia said the proposed $1.6 billion bid would bring the