01/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 31 January, the European Commission gave its green light to plans by the private fund EQT V Ltd (Channel islands) to buy the Swedish company Securitas Direct AB. Their activities overlap in the field of the installation and maintenance of alarms and tele-surveillance and intervention services in Finland. However, ISS and Securitas Direct are not close rivals: their client bases are not the same (businesses and households) and the cumulative share of...