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Anti Trust Laws

The Publishers Run into Sharp Elbows

William Petrocelli | Posted 12.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Crown Books, Walmart, Book Publishing, Future of Publishing, Bookselling, Publishing History, Bertelsmann, Independent Booksellers, Barnes and Noble, Target, Publishing, Anti-Trust Laws, Viacom, Borders, Books, Amazon, Costco, Books News
William Petrocelli

Many familiar independent booksellers are gone, and they've been replaced by big-box retailers with far sharper elbows. At the moment, they -- not the publishers -- appear to be controlling the book business.

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Memo to Congress: On Health Care Vote You Must Choose Between Insurance Companies and Average Americans

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Insurnce Companies, Democrats in Congress, Anti-Trust Laws, Health Care Reform, Breaking News, Health Insurance Reform, Tea Party Gang, Politics News
Robert Creamer

This is one of the most historic votes you will ever take. Would you have wanted to tell your grandchildren that you were one of the few Democrats that voted against Social Security or Medicare?

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A Call For a Bipartisan National Campaign to Overturn Insurance Companies' Exemption From Anti-Trust Laws

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Anti-Trust, Bobby Jindal, Patrick Leahy, Anti-Trust Laws, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, McCarran-Ferguson Act, Healthcare Regulations, Trent Lott, Peter DeFazio, Health Care Reform, Christine Varney, Harry Reid, Health Care, Anti-Trust Exemption, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Gene Taylor, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

We need a broad coalition to immediately repeal the insurance industry's exemption from complying with Federal anti-trust laws.

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Time to Just Say No to Giant Corporate "Parasites" -- and Recognize Them for What They Are

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, President Obama, Parasites, Public Option, Blackwater, Anti-Trust Laws, Health Care Reform, Breaking News, Banks, Private Military Security Contractors, Medicare Advantage, Health Insurance, Student Loan Programs, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The corporate parasites are the loudest defenders of "free markets" and the most vociferous opponents of "government takeovers," when in fact they exist by feeding off the taxpayers.

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