February 11, 2013
Regional Competition Center for Latin America presents: Competition Challenges in...
Regional Competition Center for Latin America presents: Competition Challenges in the Supermarket Sector – by Emek Basker (University of Missouri) and Michael Noel* (Noel Economic Research) *Emek Basker is...
February 08, 2013
US: Beer companies request to join lawsuit supporting AB InBev,...
Media are reporting that two beer companies have filed a motion to join the defendants list in the Department of Justice’s recently lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed takeover of Grupo...
February 07, 2013
Israel: Antitrust group files $166M case against airline cartel
An Israeli antitrust organization has sued four airlines for price-fixing, filing the suit in Central District Court and requesting that the case be considered a class action. Hatzlaha Consumer Movement...
February 07, 2013
Mexico: Telmex telecom leader fined more than $50M
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission has reportedly fined the fixed-line unit of America Movil SAB about $51.6 million for squeezing out competition from its competitor. Telmex has been fined after the...
February 06, 2013
Are More Bank Service Outages Coming In 2013?
Wondering why so many banks, financial institutions and payments companies have experienced service outages or glitches this year? Look no further than a bank software system that, in many cases,...
February 06, 2013
EU/US: For US antitrust activism, Brussels is the place to...
As Washington’s reputation as a “broken” spot for policy-making continues to grow, US lobbyists, activists and organizations are increasingly traveling to Brussels to promote their agendas, especially when it comes...
February 05, 2013
Facebook Gets Physical
NFC At MIT: Which Wallets Will Win? Neiman’s Loyalty Lessons The “Facebook goes offline” development of last week got me to thinking about a couple of things. First, it only...
February 02, 2013
Occupy Wall Street Group Plots Debit Card
The Occupy Money Cooperative, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, has announced its plan to launch a prepaid debit card. The group is currently accepting donations to support...
January 31, 2013
South Africa: Antitrust authorities eye Wal-mart
The Competition Commission is reportedly looking closely at Wal-mart and whether the US-based conglomerate followed competition regulation in its takeover of South Africa-based Massmart. According to reports, the authority is...