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Obama Fulminates Over China's Export Restrictions on Rare-Earths While Silent On OPEC's Collusion

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Rare-Earths, Kuwait, Nopec, President Obama, World, President Georgw W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Anti-Trust Laws, Oil, Iran Oil Embargo, Congress, China, Opec, World News
Raymond J. Learsy

OPEC continues to practice its restraint of trade scot-free, with nary a word of condemnation given the influence of oil interests, the commodity exchanges, and our incredibly oblivious courts.

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Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Euronext Extend Merger Deadline Through March 31

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Anti-Trust, European Commission, Anti-Trust Laws, Monopoly, Deutsche Boerse, Merger, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Europe, Exchange Operator, NYSE Euronext, Mergers, Video, Business News

(LUKE JEFFS, Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have extended the deadline for completion of their planned merger to March 31 next year ...

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Financial Times: If Obama Trust-Busted The Banks

ft.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Trust, Economy, President Obama, American Bankers, Anti-Trust Laws, Economic Crisis, Business News, Banks, Financial Crisis, Obama, Financial TImes, Obama Banks, Obama Anti-Trust Banks, Obama Trust Banks, Business News

America's top bankers ought not to lose too much sleep over the planned levy on US financial institutions. What should keep them up at night is what e...

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The Publishers Run into Sharp Elbows

William Petrocelli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many familiar independent booksellers are gone, and they've been replaced by big-box retailers with far sharper elbows.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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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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