Antitrust Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

Wheat Board supporters launch new court battle - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Feb 15, 2012
Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board asking Federal Court to restore the board and give farmers $17-billion in damages

Pupils brush up their Bolton Monopoly skills (From The Bolton News)
www.theboltonnews.co.uk | Jan 23, 2012
A MONOPOLY-STYLE contest will be used to help firms and school pupils focus on business skills and apprenticeships.

Newsvine - Top meat antitrust regulator quits
www.newsvine.com | Jan 19, 2012
A top federal antitrust regulator for meat companies is stepping down.

EU could decide on Google antitrust case by end of March | Technology | guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk | Jan 19, 2012
Competition commissioner expects findings from case team by end of first quarter while US FTC expands investigation to take in new Google+ social network

Is Google plus Your World Having Antitrust Issues, Or Just Regular Trust Issues? - SocialTimes.com
socialtimes.com | Jan 14, 2012
Google's new personalized search engine, Google plus Your World, is under fire as critics say the company is using its dominance in the search engine market to squash social media competitors like Facebook and Twitter. Unconvinced, I asked Eric Goldman, Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara

AU Optronics in US trial for price fixing - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 12, 2012
AU Optronics, Taiwan’s biggest flat panel maker by sales, faces the prospect of paying hundreds of millions in fines and seeing top executives jailed should it lose a US criminal trial into alleged price fixing that began this week. The trial, which

NYSE, Deutsche Börse Try New Pitch - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com | Jan 6, 2012
The exchanges are going back to the basics of their deal as executives plan a final push to overcome regulatory opposition to the planned merger by touting its merits directly to European Union commissioners.

FitchResearch
www.fitchratings.com | Dec 15, 2011
Fitch Ratings About Us Contact Us Press Room Events Help Search Sign in Autologin Printer-Friendly Page Click Here for Printer-Friendly Version Fitch: AT&T Anti-Trust Delay Poses Risks for Investors 15 Dec 2011 10:03 AM (EST) Fitch Ratings-New York-15 December 2011: Fitch Ratings says the U.S.

Antitrust Enforcers Swamped By Internet Companies Activities - Capital - Portfolio.com
www.portfolio.com | Dec 7, 2011
The Internet poses huge challenges, as agencies investigate everything from the price of e-books to Google’s search dominance.

John Horton: Child's Play: The PBM Merger That Can Learn From Childhood Lessons
www.huffingtonpost.com | Dec 2, 2011
As regulators consider the Express Scripts/Medco merger, they should consider the patient's point of view -- and whether the market is already so concentrated that the proposed merger will simply make an existing problem worse.