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US stocks: United-American mega deal could raise fares and face antitrust roadblockA potential deal between United Airlines and American Airlines would create an industry behemoth and invite extraordinary scrutiny from reg...
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claimThe streaming giant's $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery's studios and HBO Max will face scrutiny from US and global regulators,...
Technology is fast and the courts are slowA US judge ruled Meta did not illegally crush competition when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp, pointing to rising rivals like TikTok and ...
Google makes history with rapid-fire antitrust lossesThe Google decisions are part of a wave of current antitrust cases challenging the power of the biggest tech companies. This week, the tria...
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...
Trump pick for top US antitrust role signals more big tech scrutinyThe move suggested Trump administration would largely maintain the aggressive antitrust stance adopted under President Joe Biden. The Justi...
Disney-Reliance offer concessions for $8.5 billion India merger, but no cricket rights saleDisney and Reliance have proposed concessions to India's antitrust authority to gain approval for their $8.5 billion media merger but refus...
How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech competitionA federal judge ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by hindering competition in internet search, which could have significant implica...
How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech competitionGoogle's loss could have major ripple effects for competition today. U.S. regulators have also accused Apple, Amazon and Meta of violating ...
Google's contemplated mega deal would prompt new fight with regulatorsGoogle was mulling an offer for HubSpot, which has a market value of $34 billion. Google has been weighing the antitrust risks of a potenti...
EU's Vestager to meet Big Tech CEOs in the US next weekThe meetings come a month after Vestager resumed her job following her failed bid to head the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank, wi...
FTC's Amazon antitrust lawsuit faces high bar in US court: expertsLegal experts believe that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Amazon, accusing it of abusing its market power, will face c...
Google faces greater threat of forced ad unit sale from US lawsuitThe complaint filed Tuesday in a Virginia federal court by the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division attempts to compel Google to sel...
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...
US antitrust officials ask to join arguments in Apple appealIn January, the Justice Department entered the case by filing a brief. Antitrust officials said they did not support either side in the dis...
Visa, Plaid call off merger following antitrust pressureAfter Visa bid to buy Plaid, politicians and antitrust experts argued the deal would give Visa even more power over how customers and busin...
One of big tech's most prominent critics has side gig working for Amazon, AppleAs antitrust probes intensify, the potential for conflicts could multiply as regulators and companies hire experts who can play a crucial r...