Red Bull Loses Bid to Stop EU’s Antitrust Abuse Searches

Red Bull GmbH lost a bid to block European Union officials in their hunt for evidence of possible antitrust violations, following raids on the firm’s premises.

The Austrian energy-drink maker had been seeking to halt further action in the investigation until a judgment on the legality of the raids — and the collection of swathes of documents —, which were conducted in March in Austria, France and the Netherlands, according to an order published Friday.

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Red Bull, which last year sold 11.6 billion cans of its highly-caffeinated beverage, had ...