Antitrust

In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws that regulate the conduct and organization of business corporations and are generally intended to promote competition and prevent monopolies.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

EU Digital Chief Advocates For Tighter Rules, No Break Up For Big Tech
EU Digital Chief Advocates For Tighter Rules, No Break Up For Big Tech
October 28, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

European Union digital chief Margrethe Vestager has argued against breaking up Big Tech companies, which is contrary to what some officials want to see in...

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German Authority Opens Probe Into Amazon, Apple Over Alleged Anticompetition
German Authority Opens Probe Into Amazon, Apple Over Alleged Anticompetition
October 28, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

German antitrust regulators are investigating both Amazon and Apple over possible anticompetitive behavior in the country, according to German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, quoted by Reuters....

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Google Hit With Italian Competition Probe As Search Giant’s Antitrust Challenges Grow
Google Hit With Italian Competition Probe As Search Giant’s Antitrust Challenges Grow
October 28, 2020  |  Google

Google’s antitrust woes in Europe and around the world just got a little bigger. Italian competition regulators are probing the Alphabet-owned search and tech giant...

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Today In Payments: Visa To Acquire LATAM’s YellowPepper; Amazon Delivers New eCommerce Site To Sweden
Today In Payments: Visa To Acquire LATAM’s YellowPepper; Amazon Delivers New eCommerce Site To Sweden
October 28, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Visa is acquiring Latin America’s YellowPepper, and Amazon is opening a new eCommerce site in Sweden. Plus, Fiserv reported strong third-quarter...

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Apple iOS 14 Sparks Antitrust Grievance In France
Apple iOS 14 Sparks Antitrust Grievance In France
October 28, 2020  |  Apple

Apple’s new operating system, iOS 14, offers new privacy controls and advertising opt-in that triggered a complaint to France’s competition authority from a group of...

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Apple Tests Search
Apple Tests Search
October 28, 2020  |  Apple

Apple is rumored to be going after a piece of the lucrative search market and is said to be developing technology to topple Google’s reign,...

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Alphabet 3Q Earnings Will Focus On Advertising, The Cloud And US Antitrust Lawsuit
Alphabet 3Q Earnings Will Focus On Advertising, The Cloud And US Antitrust Lawsuit
October 27, 2020  |  Earnings

With all the “sturm und drang” surrounding Google and the antitrust lawsuit the U.S. Justice Department brought earlier this month, it’s easy to overlook the...

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Regulators Reckon With Big Tech Global Hysteria
Regulators Reckon With Big Tech Global Hysteria
October 27, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Regulators the world over aren’t feeling the love for Big Tech these days. Reports are circulating that European Union regulators are hard at work crafting...

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Multi-Billion Dollar Deal Between Apple, Google Threatened By Antitrust Lawsuit
Multi-Billion Dollar Deal Between Apple, Google Threatened By Antitrust Lawsuit
October 26, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

A 15-year deal between Google and Apple that nets the latter billions of dollars every year is now threatened by a landmark antitrust lawsuit brought...

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