PYMNTS-MonitorEdge-May-2024

Competition

Google Looks To Publishers To Start Rival To Apple News
Google Looks To Publishers To Start Rival To Apple News
February 16, 2020  |  Google

Google might launch its own news aggregation service as a way to compete with rival Apple News+. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has...

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US Charges China’s Huawei With Trying To Steal Trade Secrets
US Charges China’s Huawei With Trying To Steal Trade Secrets
February 14, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Chinese telecom firm Huawei was charged with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets on Thursday (Feb. 13), along with two of its U.S. subsidiaries,...

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Google Points To Amazon As ‘Overwhelming Competitive Force’ In EU Antitrust Case
Google Points To Amazon As ‘Overwhelming Competitive Force’ In EU Antitrust Case
February 14, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon has been pulled into an ongoing court battle between Google and European Union competition regulators over a $2.6 billion fine involving alleged anti-competitive behavior...

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EU Judge Says Google Committed ‘Clear Infraction’ In Antitrust Case
EU Judge Says Google Committed ‘Clear Infraction’ In Antitrust Case
February 13, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

A European judge has hampered Google’s fight against a $2.6 billion fine, saying the company committed a “clear infraction” by putting its own price-comparison services...

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Google Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
Google Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
February 12, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Alphabet’s Google told Europe’s second-highest court on Wednesday (Feb. 12) that antitrust regulators had no legal grounds to levy a €2.4-billion ($2.6 billion) fine against...

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Hubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
Hubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
February 11, 2020  |  Subscriptions

One might assume they could easily guess the biggest competitor for a startup focused on selling contact lenses direct to consumer (DTC) via subscription. Maybe...

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Visa On Bringing More Female Founders Into The Reinvention Of Retail
Visa On Bringing More Female Founders Into The Reinvention Of Retail
February 10, 2020  |  VISA

In some ways, the dawn of 2020 is a golden time for female entrepreneurs — in that there are more female-founded firms than ever before....

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UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
UK Watchdog Seeks Tighter Grip On US Big Tech
February 03, 2020  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for more leeway to go after U.S. Big Tech firms in the wake of Brexit, the...

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Hulu: Why Championing Choice Is The Future Of Streaming Subscriptions
Hulu: Why Championing Choice Is The Future Of Streaming Subscriptions
February 03, 2020  |  Subscriptions

In the space of about 18 months, it seems that everyone is trying to rule the subscription streaming world. There are the incumbent players —...

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