June 23rd, 2010
Just before the tech bubble crashed in 2000 Microsoft had a market capitalization of $586 billion while one-time rival Apple’s cap languished at $17 billion. Now the two tech icons are running neck and neck — a reversal of fortune the bloggerati are inclined to ascribe to a …
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May 28th, 2010
As mandated by Congress the FCC came out with its 14th annual report [Download Here] on the state of competition in the market for wireless services. And as usual, it is a trove of solid data, a must-have reference for telecom and antitrust …
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March 12th, 2010
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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February 18th, 2010
…Beth DeSimone’s analysis of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz’s proposal to streamline the agency’s consumer protection powers on the Consumer Advertising Law Blog? Leibowitz, a former chief counsel to the Senate Antitrust Committee, is asking the Senate for an overhaul of procedures that limit both FTC …
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