Tag: Trump
US: Trump tells big pharma to ‘get prices down’
President Trump on Tuesday told a group of drug company executives gathered for a meeting at the White House that they need to "get...
US: Amazon, Expedia, GitHub back lawsuit against Trump immigration bans
On Monday Amazon and Expedia filed declarations of support for Washington state’s lawsuit against Trump’s executive order. This executive order things temporarily bans immigrants...
US: Trump takes AG Yates out and puts Boente in
President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of...
EU: Antitrust chief says fences hurt economies
Building fences and barriers will hurt economies and drive up prices, Europe's antitrust chief said on Friday, days after US President Donald Trump signed...
US: Gorsuch tops Donald Trump’s Supreme Court list
As President Donald Trump whittles down his shortlist for a Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, who serves on the federal appeals court’s 10th...
Global: Chinese giant buys US firm MoneyGram
Money transfer service MoneyGram is being bought by a financial services giant based in China.
Ant Financial, which was spinoff from Alibaba before its IPO...
US: Billionaire Thiel is leading the search for Trump’s antitrust officials
A leading Facebook board member and billionaire is now helping the Trump administration’s search to fill the government’s two top antitrust vacancies, Buzzfeeed reported.
Thiel has argued...
US: Ohlhausen named acting chair, leaving 3 open seats at FTC
President Donald J. Trump has designated Maureen K. Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission by a White House order.
"I am deeply...
US: Antitrust Policy for a Trump Administration Event
On January 26, 2016, the Heritage Foundation held its 2nd Annual Antitrust Conference entitled Antitrust Policy for a New Administration. This event, which featured...
US: Is Trump’s FCC chair really anti Net Neutrality?
President Trump on Monday designated Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the and an outspoken opponent of new net neutrality rules, to be the...