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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: Steve Jobs, Google+, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book
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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: Medicare, Insurance, White House, Kathleen Sebelius, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Software Industry, New Products, Online Media Industry, Eric Schmidt, Companies and Corporations
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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: Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Auction Service, 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: U.S. Department of Justice, Anheuser-Busch InBev
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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: Corporate Crime, Software Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, New Products, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Major League Baseball, College Baseball, Baseball, Bud Selig, Sports
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USD Law School event explores ag antitrust concerns
Reprinted with permission from the Tri State Neighbor By Bruce Falk Editor, Tri State Neighbor VERMILLION - The South Dakota Law Review 2013 Symposium merged the worlds of law and agriculture March 15, bringing together thinkers from both fields...Tags: Corporate Crime, Laws, Companies and Corporations, Agriculture, International Law
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USD symposium to address ag antitrust issues
VERMILLION - The South Dakota Law Review and the University of South Dakota School of Law will host the 2013 South Dakota Law Review Symposium on Friday, March 15, beginning at 10 a.m. with the first panel discussion in the USD Law School courtroom. A...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Corporate Crime, Miami University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Washington, DC
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Apple CEO Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-books antitrust case
A federal judge has ruled that Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook must testify in the U.S. government's e-books antitrust case against the company. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan granted the Department of Justice's request to order Cook to...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Laws, Manhattan (New York City), Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice
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