News tagged with antitrust officials

US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices

(AP) -- The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" and Keith Richards' `"Life" - maybe they ...

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created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 19

Authors Guild worried by Apple e-book suit report

The president of the Authors Guild expressed concern on Friday over reports that the Justice Department is threatening to file an antitrust suit against Apple and book publishers.

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created Mar 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Italy fines Apple for misleading consumers

Italy's anti-trust authority said Tuesday it was imposing a 900,000-euro ($1.2-million) fine on US tech giant Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and guarantees for its products.

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created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Booksellers call for probe of online book-price wars

The American Booksellers Association on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate online book-price wars underway by Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and Target.

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

EU: breakthrough on online music rights

(AP) -- The EU's top antitrust official on Wednesday described a deal among Apple Inc.'s iTunes, music companies, distributors and online licensing groups as a "great breakthrough" that would roll out more Internet music ...

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