>"A looming strike and struggles with a proposed merger could reflect a reckoning for the rail industry’s determined efforts to squeeze capacity."

>"The agency’s lawsuit against the deal for a health technology company is the latest move by the Biden administration to quash corporate consolidation."

"Targeting abuses of purchasing power helped usher in a golden age of retail in the United States — and it could again."

>"A new complaint in the antitrust case led by Texas AG Ken Paxton alleges that Google and Facebook colluded to dominate programmatic advertising in a deal overseen by the company’s respective CEOs."

>"Recent research underlines the central role that automation has played in widening disparities."

>"Michael J. Boskin worries that hyperbole and budget gimmickry have derailed public policy debates in the United States."

"Suspicion is undermining the American economy."

"Though smaller companies have lagged behind bigger ones, they are staging a recovery and could be well-positioned to keep going—especially if the latest concerns about the economic recovery ease."

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"A study found that concentration has increased in 3/4 of domestic industries in recent decades giving companies greater power to raise prices, squeeze suppliers, suppress wages, and to exert outsize influence on regulators and politicians. _...Read More_

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"A federal judge delivered a major blow to those trying to shrink Big Tech."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/28/tech/facebook-trillion-ftc/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/28/tech/facebook-trillion-ftc/index.html) >"A federal court has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust complaint against Facebook, saying the agency had failed to provide evidence for its claim _...Read More_

“Apple has told the court he will speak about the company’s values and discuss its business, operations and competition, as well the history of the App Store’s creation.”

Norway’s sovereign fund says it will vote against bank’s director appointments after back-to-back blows.