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Opinion: One reason for stock market’s rally: Expectations that AI will stay

There seems to be a bizarre disconnect between the surging U.S. stock market and the sad state of American politics. Winston Churchill supposedly quipped, “Americans always do the right thing, after they have tried…

‘Censorship’: Missouri AG Hints At Possible Antitrust Crackdown On Zuckerberg’s Threads

Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Thursday raising concerns about “harms to free speech” resulting from centralized control of social…

Biden’s Airline Antitrust Efforts Will Not Boost Competition – The American Spectator

Summer travel season is about to ramp up, putting significant pressure on America’s airline industry. However, airlines are already feeling the heat of the Biden administration, caught squarely in the crosshairs of its…

JetBlue Hit With DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Spirit Airlines Merger

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against JetBlue on Tuesday to prevent a planned merger with Spirit Airlines, Axios reported. The $3.8 billion merger deal, which would make JetBlue the nation’s fifth-largest…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Group Sues Mainstream Media Outlets over Alleged Antitrust, First

by Debra Heine Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced Tuesday night that he and several other plaintiffs had filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against several major news organizations, accusing them of antitrust and constitutional violations.…

Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift chaos triggers US Senate antitrust hearing | Taylor Swift

A US Senate antitrust panel will go ahead with a hearing on the lack of competition in the country’s ticketing industry after Ticketmaster’s problems last week managing the sale of Taylor Swift tickets.Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live…

Senate won’t vote on tech antitrust bill before summer recess: Klobuchar

Aug 1, 2022

U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) presides during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6, 2021 attack on the…

New Amy Klobuchar book attacks Trump for ‘a whole lot of bluster’ on antitrust | Amy

In a new book, the senator and former presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar condemns Donald Trump for “a whole lot of bluster with limited results” on her chosen subject, antitrust.Klobuchar cites his appointment of the conservatives Neil…

Visa Faces Antitrust Investigation Over Debit-Card Practices

The Justice Department is investigating whether Visa Inc. is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit-card market, a probe that casts a cloud over a core part of its business.The department’s antitrust division has been…