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American Airlines, US Airways agree to $11B merger
Associated PressAmerican Airlines and US Airways agreed Thursday to merge in an $11 billion deal that would create the world's biggest airline. The combined carrier will be called American Airlines and be based in Fort Worth. It expects to have $40 billion in annual...Tags: AirTran, Shareholders, Restructuring and Recapitalization, U.S. Airways, Companies and Corporations
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AP: Criminal cases made Pa. AG hand over NCAA suit
Pennsylvania’s attorney general said she granted Gov. Tom Corbett the authority to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA because the litigation could present a conflict of interest as her office prosecutes three Penn State...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Politics, Trials
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Friday roundup: DOJ and Apple, John Green's commencement speech
John Green, bestselling and prize-winning author of young adult novels including "The Fault In Our Stars" and "Looking for Alaska," gave the commencement address at Butler University on May 11. It's witty, smart, thoughtful, and going viral; if you...
Tags: Google+, Steve Jobs, The New York Times, Media Industry, Prices
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On eve of Google developers conference, company 'hot again'
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Even though its ubiquitous Internet search engine practically mints money, Google Inc. was widely seen as a company whose best days were behind it. It was written off as the next Microsoft Corp. — a staid high-tech...Tags: Science and Technology, Apple Inc., Networking, Larry Page, Companies and Corporations
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High hospital bills go public, but will it help?
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city....
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, American Hospital Association, Government Health Care
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Hampton, Richmond bazaars battle over vendors
Sandra Gardner set out two years ago to create a craft and vendor bazaar in Hampton Roads that would rival the popular Bizarre Bazaar in Richmond. And a rivalry has ensued between the two shows. Gardner's event, The Bodacious Bazaar, is hosting its...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Hampton Roads, Stranger Than Fiction, Advertising, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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New technology, auction methods lead some to ask: is this price-fixing?
Bid rigging has been a recurring problem in the sale of property tax liens, but largely at auctions conducted in person, and not online as they are now in most of Florida. But the new technology may facilitate another kind of crime: price fixing. At...Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Department of Justice
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Report: Carfax slapped with $50M antitrust suit by 120 dealers
Autoblog.comFiled under: Car Buying, Government/LegalIn December 2012 Automotive News published a piece on dealers unhappy with Carfax, alleging that the most well known used vehicle history reporting company had maneuvered itself into a monopolistic position.... -
JBS okayed to acquire U.S. plants
According to Feedstuffs.com, the U.S. Department of Justice has closed its investigation of the antitrust implications of the acquisition of two U.S. beef packing plants by JBS S.A. without taking any enforcement action. This means that JBS can conclude...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice
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Busch wins antitrust OK to buy Corona parent
Bloomberg News reports: Anheuser-Busch InBev and the Justice Department have reached an agreement to allow the brewer to buy Groupo Modelo, sources report. The consent decree, to be filed in court today, would end the government's antitrust objections...Tags: Anheuser-Busch InBev, U.S. Department of Justice
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Google's Android is target of new antitrust complaint in Europe
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is under fire from a coalition of companies including Microsoft Corp. which have called on European antitrust authorities to launch an investigation into the Internet giant's dominance on smartphones. The FairSearch group...
Tags: Google Inc., Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations, Software Industry
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Baseball books cover the bases
George Plimpton knew the score. A generation or so ago, the late Paris Review editor developed what he called the "Small Ball Theory" of sports writing, which posits "a correlation between the standard of writing about a particular sport and the ball it...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Richard Nixon, Major League Baseball, Don Sutton, University of Oxford
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