A merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster has been approved by both boards, a decision that will lead to a regulatory review to ensure there are no antitrust issues. The new blended company will be...
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The fuel of the future, according to both Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering, was ethyl alcohol made from farm products and cellulosic materials. Ford, of course, is well known as an automotive inventor; Kettering was the head of research at...
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" The deal calls for Google to place ads alongside some search results on Yahoo. “The companies have agreed to a brief delay in implementing this agreement to continue our ongoing discussions with the...
The US Antitrust Subcommittee is taking a closer look at price fixing for mobile services, as all the major US carriers doubled their price for delivery of text messages."In a letter, US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI)...
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During the 1990s, small manufacturers began selling ‘Apple’ computers at lower prices than their Apple Macintosh brothers. These generic, PC-like computers were Apple's attempt at increasing their market...
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Microsoft was handed a $1.3 billion parking ticket today by the European Union. Here's what you need to know:"BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared...
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After this almost $16 billion sale goes through, there will be only two companies "selling information and trading systems to the financial services industry". But the impact of 'reduced choice' is neglible, right? Big media consolidation can be good for us, can't it?"Thomson...
Second try's the charm? California consumers are hoping so. The gas-hungry state (freeways, highways and byways, oh my!) has once again become the site of a class-action suit leveled at two major oil companies and...
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"The European Union's top antitrust regulator made errors of fact in its charge sheet against Intel (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the chipmaker's general counsel said on Friday. The European Commission has...
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"Following suit from Microsoft, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), independent consumer rights protection agencyn in the US, has been keeping a close eye on the Google/DoubleClick deal.
The FTC has opened an antitrust investigation into Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion...
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Search Engine News"Brian Washburn, an analyst at Current Analysis said that it may be tough for Google to argue antitrust if net neutrality measures fail."
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