Tag: Google
US: Trump White House “taking a look” at regulating Google
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Tuesday, August 28, that the Trump administration is "taking a look" at imposing regulations on Google following...
Germany: Antitrust regulator to go after Facebook this year
Germany’s antitrust regulator expects to take first steps this year in its probe against Facebook after finding that the social media giant abused its...
US: Study finds increasing dominance of “superstar firms”
A new paper by economist John Van Reenen, presented Friday at the Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, argues that new technologies...
Android – Is There a Viable Monopolization Case?
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Android - Is There a Viable Monopolization Case?
By Stephen Houck
This paper considers the viability of a Sherman Act § 2...
Advertising is obsolete – here’s why it’s time to end it
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Advertising is obsolete – here’s why it’s time to end it
By Ramsi Woodcock
Since it first became clear that Russian agents spent thousands...
Reconciling the Matchmaker Economy with Competition Policy
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Reconciling the Matchmaker Economy with Competition Policy
By David A. Balto & Matthew Lane
There is no doubt that the enforcement of competition...
Brazil: CADE considers Google probe over Android market
Brazil's antitrust watchdog CADE is considering opening an investigation into Google over alleged abuses in its Android mobile operating system, reported Reuters. The president...
Google earned its dominance on merit, not by abusing antitrust law
Posted by Market Watch
Google earned its dominance on merit, not by abusing antitrust law
By Pascal Salin
The European Union’s regulatory bodies seem to be particularly...
US: Google in talks with Tencent, others for cloud services in...
Alphabet's Google is in talks with Tencent Holdings, Inspur Group, and other Chinese companies to offer its cloud services in the mainland, Bloomberg reported...
Turkey: Investigation into Google over competition complaint launched
Turkey’s Competition Board has opened an investigation into Google after concluding its preliminary findings that a complaint about the company’s search results for shopping...