08/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has given the green light to the joint acquisition by Bayer AG of Germany and General Electric Company (GE) of US of three of GE's current subsidiaries, active in the silicon business. The transaction is taking place as part of an earlier rapprochement, during which the two parties agreed to incorporate all future European acquisitions into a joint venture set up in 1998, GE Bayer Silicones GmnH & Co. The transaction will not lead to a structural...