Greasy Pole Economics

Remember when Microsoft appeared to be on track to dominate our waking hours at work (Windows, Office) and at play (Xbox, Internet Explorer, MSN)? Seems like a quaint memory now — though, in the long-standing tradition of refighting the last war, as recently as December the European competition authority was …

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Microsoft Redux?

As if Google didn’t have enough trouble in Europe, the Federal Trade Commission has opened a second front against the company. The FTC’s concern – that Google’s proposed merger with AdMob would allow it to dominate in mobile phone advertising – has little to …

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