What to know about Trump's antitrust efforts against tech giantsThe Trump administration continues tough antitrust scrutiny of tech giants. Google faces rulings over ad tech and Chrome, while Meta defend...
18 Apr, 2025, 08.54 AM IST
What to know about Donald Trump's antitrust efforts against tech giantsThe Trump administration's antitrust efforts continue, with the FTC suing Meta over its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, and the Justic...
14 Apr, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
Donald Trump admin to press ahead with Amazon, Meta antitrust casesIn an interview with FOX Business, newly appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson confirmed that ongoing cases agains...
21 Feb, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
Biden administration sprints to tie up tech loose endsThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced late last month that it would begin to regulate e-payment services by companies like Goo...
11 Dec, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Donald Trump expected to shift course on antitrust, stop Google breakupTrump is expected to continue cases against Big Tech, several of which began in his first term, but his recent skepticism about a potential...
06 Nov, 2024, 07.09 PM IST
Who is Lina Khan? Why has LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman asked Kamala Harris to sack her? Know why megadonor is upset with herLinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has asked Democratic presumptive nominee Kamala Harris to sack FTC Chairperson Lina Khan for opposing merg...
29 Jul, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Amazon asks judge to dismiss FTC lawsuit, says no consumer harm shownThe FTC lawsuit was one of four that the Trump and Biden administrations have filed since 2020 against the companies that dominate the inte...
10 Dec, 2023, 09.55 AM IST
US FTC tries again to stop Microsoft's already-closed deal for ActivisionU.S. antitrust enforcers will argue on Wednesday that a federal judge got it wrong when she ruled that Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy ...
06 Dec, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
Amazon defends Prime programme in bid to defeat FTC lawsuitAttorneys for Amazon on Wednesday urged US District Judge John Chun to dismiss the FTC's claims that the company had tricked consumers into...
19 Oct, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
US sues Amazon in landmark monopoly case after four-year probeThe lawsuit had been expected after years of complaints that Amazon.com and other tech giants abused their dominance of search, social medi...
26 Sep, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
Microsoft asks court to reject FTC request to pause Activision dealMicrosoft said on Friday FTC had been slow to file in federal court, and thus it was inappropriate to press for a delay so late in the game.
15 Jul, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
FTC faces uphill battle in Microsoft/Activision appealUS District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the largest-ever gaming industry deal, rejecting the Biden admini...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.21 PM IST
Microsoft's $69 billion Activision deal gets US judge go-ahead, UK softens oppositionMicrosoft cleared major hurdles to its plan to buy videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge gave a thumbs-up to t...
12 Jul, 2023, 07.22 AM IST
First pre-trial hearing in Microsoft-Activision case set for January 3The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which enforces antitrust law, asked a judge to block the transaction earlier this month, arguing that t...
31 Dec, 2022, 12.32 PM IST
Microsoft tells judges its $69 billion Activision deal would benefit gamersACTIVISION-M-A-MICROSOFT-Microsoft tells judges its $69 billion Activision deal would benefit gamers
23 Dec, 2022, 08.26 AM IST
Microsoft gaming ambitions hobbled as US seeks to block Activision dealWithout Activision and its variety of games across mobile, consoles and PCs, Microsoft could struggle to attract users to its budding subsc...
09 Dec, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Biden should expand antitrust cases, break up tech companies, says high-profile groupThe American Economic Liberties Project, an influential Washington-based anti-monopoly group, issued a report with guidance for antitrust e...
12 Jan, 2021, 10.37 AM IST