News tagged with american antitrust institute

Justice probing tech company recruiting

The US Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether the recruiting practices of some of the largest US technology companies violated antitrust laws, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

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Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto

With its "Don't Be Evil" motto, Google Inc. has always held itself to a higher moral standard.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 24

AT&T finds big-money lobbying, ads don't always pay off

AT&T Inc. is one of the biggest corporate spenders in the nation's capital. But the rejection of its proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA showed that money can't necessarily buy you love from antitrust officials.

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created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Market slide clouds AT&T merger plan

The stock market squeeze is threatening to take the air out of AT&T Inc.'s best argument for the regulatory approval of its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple angles for position of power in publishing world

Apple's bold foray into the world of digital publishing could make it the online gatekeeper for newspaper and magazine content, just as it is for music.

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created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google buys travel software company for $700M

Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a $700 million deal that would enable the Internet search leader to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web.

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created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel, FTC in talks to settle antitrust case

(AP) -- Intel Corp. and the Federal Trade Commission are in talks to settle an antitrust case against the chip maker, a move that could make it more difficult for rival chip makers to pursue damages.

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created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decision on Google library likely to change publishing indelibly

Google has been busy. The Internet giant has been copying and storing millions of the world's out-of-print and out-of-copyright books in a vast online archive. It could all be just a mouse click away from your computer screen ...

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created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Berkeley's Oliver Williamson shares Nobel Prize in economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Berkeley's Oliver Williamson, a professor emeritus of business, economics, and law, has been named a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, cited along with Indiana University's ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Feds balk at Google book deal, hopes for changes

(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition ...

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Information technologies reshaping the real estate landscape in unexpected ways

Computers and the Internet have been billed as enabling new ways of doing business, but in the residential real estate industry, people's expanded access to information hasn't rendered the real estate agent a relic, says ...

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