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Brent Kendall and Joe Palazzolo, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 27 at 2:00 am PT
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it has enlisted a seasoned litigator to help lead its antitrust investigation into whether Google Inc. has abused its dominance in Web-search advertising, a move that could provide a big boost to the agency’s legal team if it ultimately decides to bring a case against the search giant.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 19 at 2:05 pm PT
A federal judge says there’s enough information that six tech companies had “do-not-cold-call” agreements between them that they have to face an antitrust suite from five software engineers.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 18 at 4:00 pm PT
European antitrust regulators are expected Thursday to approve a plan by a Sony Corp.-led investor group to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.
John Paczkowski in News on April 16 at 12:33 pm PT
The stock is off for the fifth straight session after hitting an all-time high.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 12 at 6:29 pm PT
Apple responds to antitrust charges: “The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon’s monopolistic grip on the publishing industry.”
Peter Kafka in Media on April 11 at 8:49 am PT
Apple competes ferociously with Amazon. But the feds say Cupertino considered a different strategy, where Apple would rule music and movies, and Amazon would rule e-books. Really?
Chad Bray and Brent Kendall in Media on April 11 at 7:39 am PT
The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Inc. and five of the nation’s largest publishers, alleging they conspired to limit competition for the pricing of e-books.
