Tag: Tech Sector
US: Tech execs will be asked to testify in antitrust probe
According leaders of big tech companies will be asked to testify as part of an investigation into whether the companies misuse their massive market...
Japan: Regulator plans periodic reviews of tech giants
The Japanese government intends to use antitrust law to require major tech players to submit to regular reviews, reported Nikkie. All this as part...
Norway: Finance Minister calls for Tech Giants crackdown
Norway’s Finance Minister Siv Jensen called for broader international cooperation to end monopolies of global technology giants that can overcharge consumers, reported Bloomberg.
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US: New “no poach” film premiers
Filmmakers Collaborative SF launched a new film highlighting a successful antitrust action brought by the US Department of Justice against Google, Apple, eBay, and...
Germany: Infineon names new CFO
Infineon Technologies, the German chipmaker, has named Sven Schneider as its next chief financial officer, replacing Dominik Asam who is moving to aircraft maker...
EU: Vestager advocates regulating data access over breaking up big tech
According to TechCrunch the European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has suggested that breaking up tech giants should be a measure of last resort,
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China/US: Huawei sues to challenge US security law
Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a US law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American...
US: Sen Cicilline suggested a version of the Glass-Steagall rules for...
David Cicilline, the head of the House antitrust subcommittee, has suggested imposing a version of the Glass-Steagall rules—which forced banks to separate commercial and...
US: AG nominee Barr grilled on antitrust at Senate hearing
US President Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, William Barr, said on Tuesday, January 15, he favors strong enforcement of US antitrust laws and...
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...