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Talks Quicken Over E-Book Pricing

Thomas Catan and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 4 at 4:14 pm PT

Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into e-books are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Sun Journalists Arrested as Bribe Probe Widens

Jeanne Whalen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on February 11 at 7:47 am PT

British authorities investigating potential cases of journalists paying bribes for information arrested another round of high-ranking employees of News Corp.’s tabloid The Sun, and said they are now probing suspected payments not just to police but to other public officials.

Ohio, Wisconsin Mull Google Antitrust Outreach Programs

John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

Google might want to consider hiring a state-level equivalent to that “Federal Policy Outreach Manager.” The company could soon face antitrust probes in both Ohio and Wisconsin. A spokesperson for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine tells Bloomberg that the AG’s office is “evaluating the facts” to determine if the search sovereign’s business practices merit a formal review. In Wisconsin, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is said to be mulling an investigation into Google’s proposed acquisition of flight information software company ITA, a deal that’s already drawn the scrutiny of the Department of Justice.