Business
Why Antitrust Breakups of Google and Meta Could Be Difficult
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft…
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Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues
Business
The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft…
Business
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
In 2012, when Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people…
Politics
Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?
The calls, texts and emails start coming in before 6 in the morning: restaurants, bakeries and others desperate to find eggs. Brian…
Politics
One Month into the Trump Presidency
The good, bad and puzzling Corporate leaders and investors expected a bit of volatility to accompany President Trump’s second term. In…
Business
PGA Tour and LIV Golf Look for Merger Deal Under Trump
The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are racing to reshape their plans to combine their rival golf circuits, emboldened…
Politics
U.S. Sues to Block Tech Deal in First Antitrust Action of Trump Term
The Justice Department on Thursday moved to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, the first deal…
Business
Frontier Airlines Offers to Buy Spirit Airlines, Again
Frontier Airlines on Wednesday said that it offered to buy Spirit Airlines three years after the failure of a previous proposed deal.…
News
F.T.C. Sues Greystar, Largest U.S. Apartment Landlord, Over Hidden Fees
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the largest apartment landlord in the United States, Greystar Real Estate…
Politics
John Deere Sued by FTC Over Equipment-Repair Practices
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Deere & Company, a leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, accusing it of unfairly…
News
Can the Only Grocery Store in a Rural Michigan Town Stay Independent?
The town of Honor, in northern Michigan, doesn’t have too many places to shop for food. The only grocery store in town is Honor Family…
Culture
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Drop Venu Sports Streaming Service
Venu came. It saw. It did not conquer. Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. said on Friday that their forthcoming sports streaming service — which…
Business
U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders
For more than a year, U.S. Steel pursued an ambitious solution to its mounting challenges. Once a symbol of American industrial might, it…